"Clear thinking requires courage even more than intellect. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"The beauty of the unknown is that character is forged in the fires of discipline."

"A visionary sees the unseen and knows every choice we make paints the canvas of our life."

"Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants."

"Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient?"

"It is a quiet truth that he who conquers his inner doubts has already won half the war."

"I don't want to spend the rest of my life in politics. When I'm finished with my term as governor, I'm going back to the life that's waiting for me in the private sector."

"I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within."