“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.

Stand with anyone that is right; stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.

There are no bad pictures; that’s just how your face looks sometimes.

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.

Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.

Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

I am not concerned that you have fallen — I am concerned that you arise.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn’t speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind – like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.

I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.