“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.”

“A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.”

“Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.”

“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.”

“I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.”

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

“Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.”

“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”

“Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.”