“If you’re explaining, you’re losing.”

If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don’t have that problem.

There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

Please tell me you’re Republicans.

Status quo, you know, is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

The future doesn’t belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave.

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

I’ve always believed that a lot of the trouble in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other.

Facts are stupid things.

Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance.

If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.

There are no easy answers’ but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.

The strength of a wall is neither greater nor less than the courage of the men who defend it.

It is beautiful to love people in memories rather than love them when they are near.

Yes. He is quite a good fellow – nobody’s enemy but his own.

A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.

You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.

Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.