Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.

No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his "philosophy of life" until we know exactly how he treats his wife, his children, his neighbors, his friends, his subordinates and his enemies.

There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.

Happiness is a direction, not a place.

And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a will of its own, to make independent decisions and to question the omnipotence or the wisdom of the parent.

Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.

A truly successful person knows how to overcome the past, use the present, and prepare for the future-but unless we can first surmount the past, we cannot effectively cope with either the present or the future.