“That the policies – from energy to labor policies, trade policies, government policies relating to debt and deficits are all aligning in such a way that America, far from being one of the places people are running from, is a place people are going to come to and add jobs.”

That said, your values will not always be the object of public admiration. In fact, the more you live by your beliefs, the more you will endure the censure of the world.

What you believe, what you value, how you live – matters.

What we have, what we wish we had – ambitions fulfilled, ambitions disappointed, investments won, investments lost, elections won, elections lost – these things may occupy our attention, but they do not define us.

We’ve got to strengthen our military long-term. We don’t know what the world is going to throw at us down the road.

I’m not running, I’m not planning on running, and I’ve got nothing new on that story.

Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to people.

Right now we have an economy in trouble, and someone who spent their career in the economy is more suited to help fix the economy than someone who spent his life in politics and as a community organizer.

Conservatives believe in providing Constitutional rights to our citizens, not to enemy combatants like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

I’m a family guy. Most important thing in my life by far is my relationship with my wife and my sons, daughters-in-law, and 18 grandchildren. And for me, this is all about them.

Education is the investment our generation makes in the future.

There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda.

When it comes to pinning blame, pin the tail on the donkeys.

The future of the United States and the most important election in a generation, and he [Donald Trump] is trying to con people into giving them their vote, just like he conned these people into giving them their money.

Together we will build an America where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word on an old bumper sticker.

Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy, strengthen our security, and strengthen our families.

America has to stand by our allies. I think the tension that existed between Israel and the United States was very unfortunate.

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.

Our inner conversations often block our natural energy of peace, happiness and love.

We deliver many different messages to people of our generation. I want them to get good energy by listening to BTS music.

I never considered my dreams wasted energy; they were invariably linked to some form of action. When I dreamed about having a lemonade stand, for example, it wasn’t long before I set up a lemonade stand.

Few are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity.

An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.