Quotes

"The truth of the matter is this -

you always know the right thing to do -

the hard part is doing it!"

No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little."

"Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience...without God there is a coarsening of the society; without God democracy will not and cannot endure...if we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under".

"Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If you look for the bad in people . . .you will surely find it."

“If we fail now we shall have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship; that democracy rests on faith, that freedom asks more than it gives, and that the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored”.

"There is no national security but in our nation's humble acknowledged dependence upon God and his overruling providence."

"Wars may be fought with weapons, but wars are won by men."

"To see men without clothes to cover their nakedness, without blankets to lie on, without shoes so that their marching might be traced by the blood from their feet, and submitting without a murmur, is a proof of patience and obedience which can scarce be paralleled."

"I regret I have but one life to lose for my country."

"Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"God grants us liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it."

"Only when we have knelt before God, can we stand before men."

"America was not built on fear, but on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand."

"Keep the guns going! Fight her till she strikes or sinks! Don't give up the ship!"

"Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me."

"Looking Back it seems to me, all the grief, which had to be, Left me when the pain was o'er, richer than I'd been before."

"What should happen when you make a mistake is this: You take your knocks, you learn your lessons, then you move on."

"The summer soldier, the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country, but he that stands now will deserve the love and thanks of men and women...we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph. For what we obtain too cheap we esteem too lightly."

"But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserves us in peace, and multiplies and enriches and strengthens us, and we have vainly imagined in the deceitfulness of our own hearts that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own."

"With a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that his justice cannot sleep forever."

"People look at you and me to see what they are supposed to be. And, if we don't disappoint them, maybe, just maybe, they won't disappoint us"

"When all kinds of trials crowd into your lives, my brothers, don't resent them as intruders, but welcome them as friends! Realize they have come to test your endurance. But let the process go until that endurance is fully developed, and you will find you have become men and women of mature character."

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize just how close they were to success when they gave up."

"There, I guess King George will be able to read that."

"These are the times that try men's souls."

"God governs the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, then and empire cannot rise without his aid."

"I sought for the greatness of America in her harbors, her rivers, her fertile fields and boundless forests...and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, her public school system...and it wasn't there. I looked for it in her democratic congress and her matchless constitution....and it was not there. Not until I went to the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. No, I have concluded that America is great because America is good. And if America ever ceases to be good America will cease to be great."

"If my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sins, and heal their land."