"A resilient spirit knows that wisdom is knowing when to speak and when to listen."

"It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear; and yet that commonly is the case of kings."

"The spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a essential truth that every season of life has its own unique blossom, if only we take care to notice — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The companies that make meaningful contributions while also listening to the voices of others are the ones that will genuinely engage their community, who will then go to work for them."

"I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our practice of political authority in office. I don't think the President of the United States should extoll Christianity if he happens to be a Christian at the expense of Judaism, Islam or other faiths."

"Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America."

"Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country."