And that's how it is in America. We look to our communities our faiths our families for our joy our support in good times and bad. It is both how we live our lives and why we live our lives.

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary.

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day and of doing good once in a year.

If you lead a country like Britain a strong country a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad a country that is always reliable then you have to have a touch of iron about you.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

What good am I? I can't have kids. I can't cook. I've been divorced three times. Who would want me?

This time like all times is a very good one if we but know what to do with it.