“Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.”

In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.

I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.

When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.

Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda

The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.

Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?

The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.

I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.

We should learn to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.

People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.

I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.

No one who is in business for profit can foist his or her beliefs on a workforce that includes many people who do not share those beliefs.

Dissents speak to a future age.

One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women.

Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.

Living with faith and courage is something that life requires of each of us. Never, absolutely never, give up! Never give in no matter what! Fight it through! And I promise you something with all of my heart-God will help you.

The greatest act of courage is to be and to ownall of who you are – without apology, without excuses, without masks to cover the truth of who you are.

A single act of courage is often the tipping point for extraordinary change.

Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.

Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.

Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.

One cannot choose how one’s life begins but one can choose to face the end with courage