The Revlon Run/Walk effort to focus on women’s cancer has my wholehearted support and gratitude.

The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

I have a very good family. I’m very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It’s one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.

Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end… I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.

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

I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.

I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.

Let not a libation of tears be the only offering at the shrine of Jesus; let us also rejoice with joy unspeakable. If we have need to lament our sin, how much more to rejoice at our pardon!

All things considered, there’s nobody better for children than parents.

She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.

The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

It’s not called quitting if you quit while you ahead. It’s about being aware and being strategic enough to know that you got to get out the pool at some point. You got to put your clothes back on and dry off.

A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

A man’s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Sexism is everywhere, bro. I don’t know if it’s ever not somewhere.

There’s no way now for you to get a Democratic or Republican nomination without being able to raise $200 or $300 million or more. I would not be inclined to do that, and I would not be capable of doing it.

We’re a blip in the existence of the universe, and we’re constantly trying to pull each other down. Not doing things to help each other.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

I’m so tough and so bad, I can be humble and lift another guy up.

A friend doesn’t go on a diet because you are fat.

AIDS itself is subject to incredible stigma.

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.

My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.

The movement of search can only be from the known to the known, and all that the mind can do is to be aware that this movement will never uncover the unknown. Any movement on the part of the known is still within the field of the known.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

I support immediate financial assistance to the newly elected Palestinian president. Now, I don’t know what those numbers will be, and I don’t know how it’s going to be framed.

Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don’t recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp.

One thing I just want to say to the military families – while you might not wear a uniform, I know – we all know, the nation knows – that you serve and sacrifice right alongside of your loved ones. And we are so grateful and proud of all of you for your service to this nation.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.

I think that we have opportunities all around us – sometimes we just don’t recognize them.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

When the people you love are gone, you’re alone.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes.

Still and all, why bother? Here’s my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.

A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama.

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they’ve been very loyal and kind to me.

Oh, hour of forgiven sin, moment of perfect pardon, our soul shall never forget you while, within you, life and being find immortality!

I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And it’s one that’s easily corrected. The reason I say that is that many of the diseases that we treat around the world, I knew when I was a child. My mother was a registered nurse. And they no longer exist in our country.

When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn’t know it had a name.

My wife has about everything I can think of.

Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don’t do any good, but they don’t necessarily do any harm. It’s touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I’ve got my just desserts.

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It’s just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.

Let’s be very clear: Strong men – men who are truly role models – don’t need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.

The first fresh hour of every morning should be dedicated to the Lord, whose mercy gladdens it with golden light.

With all the… success that I’ve been lucky enough to get? That doesn’t happen unless the home life is solid.

The important thing is that your teammates have to know you’re pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.