“If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work.”

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”

“Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)”

“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”

“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.”

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”

“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”

“As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.”

“What a curious power words have.”

“When people read his books they have an uncontrollable desire to hang the author in the town square. I cant think of a higher honor for a writer.”

“Dont be the slave of public opinion.”

“Never confuse truth and the latest public opinion poll.”