“Try a little harder to be a little better.”

Our lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only real wealth, for any of us, lies in our faith.

It is not wise, or even possible, to divorce private behavior from public leadership…. By its very nature, true leadership carries with it the burden of being an example.

Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.

We’ve got to have a little humor in our lives. You had better take seriously that which should be taken seriously but, at the same time, we can bring in a touch of humor now and again. If the time ever comes when we can’t smile at ourselves, it will be a sad time.

A truly educated man never ceases to learn.

Whatever you do, do well. Be good at it. Stand a little taller. Be a little stronger. Be a little better.

I know your lives are busy. I know that you have much to do. But I make you a promise that if you will go to the house of the Lord, you will be blessed; life will be better for you.

Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.

Look for the Sunlight through the Clouds.

The cause of most of man’s unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.

Pray for the strength to walk the high road, which at times may be lonely but which will lead to peace and happiness and joy supernal.

Gratitude is a sign of maturity, Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.

I hope you are reading to your children, out loud. That’s much better than watching television, much better. They won’t get very much out of television except some bad thoughts.

In all this world there is no substitute for personal integrity. It includes honor. It includes performance. It includes keeping one’s word. It includes doing what is right regardless of the circumstances

If you go to bed at 10:00 and get up by 6:00 A.M., things will work out for you.

You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. It’s your choice

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.

If somebody’s trying to shut you up, sing louder, and if possible, better.

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.

No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.

Once you start changing a name, you see, there’s no reason ever to stop. One always hears one that sounds better.

Better to reign in hell than serve in heav’n.

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.