“Mountain tops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.”

A nation that fails to honor its heroes, soon will have no heroes to honor.

Never, never, never give in!

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn’t taken from you in the first place.

I’d rather argue against a hundred idiots, than have one agree with me.

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

A good speech should be like a woman’s skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.

You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.

Perfectionism spells paralysis.

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

Any idiot can see something wrong. But can you see what is right?

I no longer listen to what people say, I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else.

I get my exercise being a pallbearer for those of my friends who believed in regular running and calisthenics.

Don’t believe people who say dreams don’t come true. They do, you just need to fight for them.

Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.

I just think a hustler’s ambition is that I never stop. I start off hustling and said I’ll never stop hustling. An ambitious hustler is the one to hustle the hustlers. When I grew up, my heroes were hustlers. Now I’m their hero.

Do not be intimidated by the tides of june for you are the sun and you are of the moon, Do not be intimidated by the rain of august for you are the water life consumes.

That’s all a man can hope for during his lifetime – to set an example – and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.

Ultimately, America’s answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.

Everyday is a gift, every gift is a chance to feel certain and every certainty is a exhilarating inspiration to do better.

There are roles that you chase sometimes.