"An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... The truly wise person is colorblind."

"I'm not going to sit here and tell you that everything is going to be alright. But I am going to tell you that we will do our best."

"When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were--to the very last minute--a chance to lose it."

"I am not one of those who believes that we can solve all the problems of the world by waving a magic wand."

"I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord than to dwell in the tents of wickedness."