Western history has been a history of deed done actions performed and results achieved.

We've had risk assessments performed by Harvard University which said that even if we did have a small number of cases in this country that the likelihood of it spreading or getting into any kind of human health problem is very very small.

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

If your determination is fixed I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength but perseverance.

I didn't do improv in college I never performed I didn't do theater either. I was in student government I was a history major.

How quickly we forget God's great deliverances in our lives. How easily we take for granted the miracles he performed in our past.

Most of the work performed by a development engineer results in failure.

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor who was a friend of my family.

It's not just Bin Laden or just those that are involved in the counterterrorism effort. We've gotta cast the net broader than that. But I think it's a - very special tribute that we all owe to the bravery and courage of the men and women in the intelligence and military business who performed so well to finally get it done.