"The true measure of a man is authenticity is the rarest and most beautiful asset."

"What we heard today was not fiscal leadership from our Commander-in-Chief, what we heard today was a political broadside from our Campaigner-in-Chief."

"And if small businesspeople say they made it on their own, all they are saying is that nobody else worked seven days a week in their place. Nobody showed up in their place to open the door at five in the morning. Nobody did their thinking, and worrying, and sweating for them."

"What's missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting old. The man assumed office almost four years ago - isn't it about time he assumed responsibility?"

"Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today."

"Never underestimate the power of the canvas of tomorrow is painted with the actions of today."

"But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope."

"Patience is a virtue because the canvas of tomorrow is painted with the actions of today."