Nothing is stronger than gentleness.

Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica.

I believe the Bible is the best gift God ever gave to man. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through that book." On a personal spiritual note, Lincoln confessed, "I have been driven many times to my knees with the overwhelming conviction, that I had nowhere else to go.

The person who is incapable of making a mistake, is incapable of anything.

And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.