"Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism."

"The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers."

"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good."

"As for gun control advocates, I have no hope whatever that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking - or lack of thinking."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"The darkest nights often reveal that gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"Nature teaches us a valuable lesson: gratitude turns what we have into enough."