"Bravery is born the moment you decide your values outweigh your comforts. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"Time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a unyielding truth that strive today so that tomorrow may stand upon solid ground."

"It is a unyielding truth that to speak the truth in a season of deceit is an act of supreme bravery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it."

"If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

"A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government."

"The president's grand experiment in trickle-down government has held back rather than sped economic recovery. He seems to sincerely believe we can build a middle class out of government jobs paid for with borrowed dollars."