The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

The Son of God became incarnate in the souls of men to instill the feeling of brotherhood. All are brothers and all children of God.

The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.

The American people are bigger than any president. I suppose I have faith in my country and in what it is founded on and the values we hold dear.

The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one.

My father used to have an expression. He’d say, ‚Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about your dignity. It’s about respect. It’s about your place in your community.‘

Everyone assumes I practise all of my own laws but I don’t. I think anybody who did would be a horrible ugly person to be around.

Demonstrate to the world, there is ‚No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy‘ than a U.S. Marine.

Why there is one body in our System qualified to give light and heat to all the rest, I know no reason but because the Author of the System thought it convenient; and why there is but one body of this kind, I know no reason, but because one was sufficient to warm and enlighten all the rest.

My principles are more important than the money or my title.

Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.

Our diplomacy and development budget is not just about reducing spending and finding efficiencies. We need a frank conversation about what we stand for as that ‚shining city on a hill.‘ And that conversation begins by acknowledging that we can’t do it on the cheap.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Me don’t dip on nobody’s side. Me don’t dip on the black man’s side, not the white man’s side. Me dip on God’s side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white.

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.

It’s better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.

Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.

I like criticism. It makes you strong.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

It’s good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

Ability without honor is useless.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

Commitment is an act, not a word.

I just want to do God’s will. And he’s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.

When in doubt tell the truth.

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

The atomic bomb certainly is the most powerful of all weapons, but it is conclusively powerful and effective only in the hands of the nation which controls the sky.

I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.

Occasionally the conflict between ‚what we stand for‘ and ‚what we do‘ has been forthrightly addressed.

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.

One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.

See, behind all my tough, rough exterior is basically a marshmallow, maybe a pussycat. But not a wimp!

Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone. We are legion, and football is often the only thing we have in common.

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God – if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That’s what I think.

If you keep on writing for three years, every day, you should be strong. Of course, you have to be strong mentally, also. But in the first place, you have to be strong physically. That is a very important thing. Physically and mentally you have to be strong.

No other country in the world does what we do. On every issue, the world turns to us, not simply because of the size of our economy or our military might – but because of the ideals we stand for, and the burdens we bear to advance them.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

What matters in the Sun-tzu universe are not positions of strength and power, but situations in which you have options, full of potential force.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?

We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn’t a matter of political correctness. It’s a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.

Traditions are a common part of our lives. They can be good, and not all traditions are wrong, but sometimes they can take the joy out of life.

When I ask OGs why there’s so much division in the streets, nobody never really knows. But you know one thing that everybody always mention? A woman.

Respect is one of life’s greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don’t have that?

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

The Trump phenomenon is in large part a reaction of Middle America to attacks on its values by intellectual and academic communities. There are other reasons, but this is a significant one.

The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

I believe the home and marriage is the foundation of our society and must be protected.

What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all – the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I’ll be able to do that. I get for some reason somewhat stronger when the sun starts to go down. Dusk is a good time for me. I’m crepuscular.