"We know there is no such thing as freedom without the risk of failure."

"Somebody has to tell the E.P.A. that we don't need you monkeying around and fiddling around and getting in our business with every kind of regulation you can dream up. You're doing nothing more than killing jobs. It's a cemetery for jobs at the E.P.A."

"I'm worried about that man or woman sitting around - the coffee table tonight or in their kitchen talking about how are we going to get to work. How are we going to have the dignity to take care of our family."

"The foundation for future prosperity is built on the bedrock of good jobs and great schools. We are building a strong foundation one job at a time and one educated Texan at a time."

"Stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity."

"Wisdom principle 57 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 50."

"Life is an unwritten ledger; each passing sunrise offers a clean and waiting page. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 69 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 43."