When all is said and done the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.

Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget but in the size of our hearts in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.

But my strength was in singing and songwriting which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting which is what was closest to my heart then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream.

I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it's own greatest strength - it's diversity.

We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget but in the size of our hearts in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.

Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart.

When you call upon a Thoroughbred he gives you all the speed strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a jackass he kicks.

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts not amid joy.

I do think the heart can balance out the mind if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind.

Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of heart to be an atheist.