“An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.”

Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.

I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?

The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one’s country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but in good bestowed.

Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments – a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared.

Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.

Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.

Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.

This nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth.

As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place.

One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.

We have our thoughts, our hopes, our fears, and yet we know that in a moment a change may come over any one of us that will convert a living, breathing human being into a mass of lifeless clay.

When we advocate a thing which we believe will be successful we are not compelled to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity by trying to show what we will do if we are wrong.

A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.

Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard.

Just the fact that a thousand people in front of me were ready to hear me sing was one of the best feelings I can think of.

It is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them.

A man’s admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.

I want to feel at home in my own heart.

Sometimes I don’t know what takes me over during a game. Sometimes I just feel I have moved to a different place and I can make the pass, score the goal or go past my marker at will.

I remember thinking how often we look, but never see … we listen, but never hear … we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive.

I have a thing where if I’m not in control, I feel the whole world is about to collapse.

Sometimes I feel like a complete kid when I’m running around with my friends being stupid for a week, and then sometimes I just want to sit in my house and sip tea and watch old movies like I’m 60.