In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?

You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant.

It was less in pity than in anger that the world was moved by the photograph of little Alan Kurdi, that dead three-year-old Syrian refugee boy whose name we're all remembering now on the first anniversary of his drowning, along with his five-year-old brother Galip and their mother Rehanna.

In my deepest, darkest moments, what really got me through was a prayer. Sometimes my prayer was 'Help me.' Sometimes a prayer was 'Thank you.' What I've discovered is that intimate connection and communication with my creator will always get me through because I know my support, my help, is just a prayer away.

You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.

I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

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

Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.