She’d majored in English, hoping that meant she could spend the next four years reading and writing. And maybe the next four years after that.
Our country [America] is still the strongest force for peace and freedom on earth.
If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.
I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.
Character is a journey, not a destination.
We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.
Thanks to the leadership of Vice President Gore, we have a government for the Information Age, once again a government that is a progressive instrument of the common good, rooted in our oldest values of opportunity, responsibility and community, devoted to fiscal responsibility, determined to give our people the tools they need to make the most of their own lives in the 21st century, a 21st century government for 21st century America.
It took me some time to learn that although every one secretly cherishes the ambition to be 'put in a book,' no one is ever satisfied with anything save incense, butter, and honey, unrelieved by salt or spice.
The great man is always the man of mighty effort.
Cats seldom make mistakes, and they never make the same mistake twice.
The social pressure from friend and acquaintance to collude, to not notice racism, can be quite powerful.