"On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, "Is it safe?" Expediency asks the question, "Is it politic?" And Vanity comes along and asks the question, "Is it popular?" But Conscience asks the question "Is it right?" And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right."

"In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."

"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action."

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

"The great news of Jesus' birth is not just for happy people with happy families. It's for broken people. It's for fractured families. It's good news of great joy even for those who have failed. And, with Jesus as your savior, you can experience joy that lasts more than one day a year. You can have everlasting joy!"

I am not skilled to understand

I take Him at His word indeed:

That He should leave His place on high

And, oh, that He fulfilled may see

Yes, living, dying, let me bring

I cannot tell how silently He suffered,

I cannot tell how He will win the nations,

I cannot tell how all the lands shall worship,

"You take full advantage of the wonderful life that lies in store for you. Rejoice in your freedom. Sample the full richness of the opportunities that lie before you. Help one another...And always remember that you are Americans, and it is your birthright to dream great dreams in this sweet and blessed land, truly the greatest, freest, strongest nation on Earth.''