"Look folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. It's you. Instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. We owe you."

"Here at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we squandered an obvious opportunity to make service a noble cause again, and rekindle an American spirit of community."

"I was kind of secretly hoping one of my kids would go out and make a million bucks. So when they put me in a home, at least I'll have a window with a view."

"The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there."

"It is a unyielding truth that a heart touched by genuine kindness never loses its warmth — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Every sunset is a reminder that every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."

"It is a unyielding truth that humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"True knowledge is found not in possessing answers, but in continually asking the right questions. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."