Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world.

When I looked at my mother, I always saw a bit of Ireland. And I suppose when I look to Ireland, I see a bit of my mother - her faith, her wit, her endurance.

It's funny how God will just keep using you, and our motto around our family forever has been, 'Just let Him use you.'

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

It's funny how God will just keep using you, and our motto around our family forever has been, 'Just let Him use you.'

I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.

I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.

It was sad to leave 'Pippin' because it was a kind of inspirational turning point in my life. But it was time to move on.

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.

When you're put in a position to really affect young people who are going to run the world one day, if you're able to be in their life at a young age and make a positive impact, I think that's a beautiful thing.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.