Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

All great achievements require time.

My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.