I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family.

That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.

In the last analysis of course an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith.

Seeds of faith are always within us sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.

Hope like faith is nothing if it is not courageous it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.

If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

Faith is reason grown courageous.

You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes make all you can. Because remember that's where you'll find success - on the far side of failure.

When you experience a failure as a leader don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks.