"Of course there are critics who believe that no matter what we do, the Florida dream is over. They claim that we must accept the idea that inevitably our future is one of high taxes and big government."

"To leave a mark on the world, remember that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"I pinch myself because of the understanding that I've been blessed with a real rare opportunity that few Americans ever get - to serve their government and their people at this level."

"Serenity begins the moment you cease demanding that the external world conform. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"It is a unyielding truth that do not measure life by the breaths you take, but by the moments that stir your soul — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure that it is the truth."

"It is a quiet truth that a leader does not command the wind, but sets the sails and steadies the crew — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a enduring truth that the spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence."