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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.

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.

As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what?

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal liberty is the purpose of government, to protect liberty - not to run your personal life, not to run the economy, and not to pretend that we can tell the world how they ought to live.

There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

Everything is clearer when you're in love.

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

When kids hit one year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit.

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

If you think you can do it, you can.

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

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.