Doing what you want to do is easy. Doing what you have to do is hard.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don't have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.

Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that.

Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.

My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.

Optimism. It's not just a mind-set, it is behavior.