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

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.

I was raised to believe that God has a plan for everyone and that seemingly random twists of fate are all a part of His plan.

You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating jellybeans.

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don’t need it and hell where they already have it.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

Don’t be afraid to see what you see.

Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.

The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.

I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.

It isn’t so much that liberals are ignorant. It’s just that they know so many things that aren’t so.

Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.

With our eyes fixed on the future, but recognizing the realities of today, we will achieve our destiny to be as a shining city on a hill for all mankind to see.

If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

As government expands, liberty contracts.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time when miserable.

We often confuse what we wish for with what is.

I acknowledge that struggling and failing are different; I am made stronger through my struggles.

One must care about a world one will not see.

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness.

To write a tragedy, a man must feel the tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.

I think hell is something you carry around with you. Not somewhere you go.

Who am I to touch your soul while the world is spinning so fast.