There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.

Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

I would love to be a father. I had a great father who taught me how gratifying that is. I'm not going to deny myself that. I think I'd be good at it. Everybody wants that experience. I definitely do.

Next month, I will celebrate my 30th anniversary of marriage with my beautiful bride, Vicki. Our marriage has been a blessing. I have gained even more respect for the institution over the past 3 decades and will defend it against attack.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.

Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing. Believe in yourself. And believe that there is a loving Source - a Sower of Dreams - just waiting to be asked to help you make your dreams come true.

Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.

Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

We want to take the energy surrounding the Sandy Hook anniversary that might otherwise be consumed by grief or anger - or this week in San Bernardino by fear - and channel some of that to honor our common humanity and love each other.

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

I loved my mom so much because she had to work on a penny just to put food on the table... During the Depression in the United States, everybody had a tough time. And I was so hurt because she was crying that she didn't have any food for us for Thanksgiving.

If youth knew; if age could.

Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.

The best way out is always through.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.

Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with.

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.