"A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential."

"The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure."

"People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude."

"Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them."

"There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure."

"The irony is that it was tougher to rent a car from Cerberus when it owned Alamo than to buy a semi-automatic. To rent a car, one had to provide ID, a drivers' license, and get insurance coverage. To buy a gun? Cash and carry, from the back of a station wagon at a gun show. No concerns about downstream liability or risk."

"As I have said for many years throughout this land, we're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the future of human civilization. Every bit of that has to change."

"I know where I'm putting my money."