Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. You can be green-skinned with yellow polka dots and come from Mars, but if you have knowledge that people need instead of beating you, they'll beat a path to your door.
We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.
Do what you have to do so that you can be what you want to be.
If we develop in-depth knowledge it will enable us to give our best to others and help to make a better world.
There is no freedom without bravery.
Compromise is most likely when both parties respect each other no matter how much they disagree. In stressful situations where you need a consensus, respect sometimes means saying nothing and refraining from name-calling even when irritated.
When a government turns from following the will of its people to willing its people to follow – acting according to its own prerogatives – it ceases to be a representative government and instead has transformed into something else. One.
Sometimes one has to be humble enough to start at the bottom with a minimum-wage job even if you have a college degree. Once you get your foot in the door, you can prove your worth and rapidly move up the ladder. If you never get in the door, it is unlikely that you will rise to the top.
White liberals are the most racist people there are, because they put blacks in a box and insist that they think one way – and if they don’t, they attack them as illegitimate, all the while denying that their policies destroy blacks.
I came away with the idea that respect is really the solution. We need to teach young people to respect authority – particularly, respect the law.
There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.
Our country since its inception has been at war, every 15 or 20 years. But the war that we are fighting against radical Islamist jihadists is one that we must win. Our very existence is dependent upon that.
A lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight – and when they come out, they’re gay.
Don’t let anyone turn you into a slave. You’re a slave if you let the media tell you that sports and entertainment are more important than developing your brain.
Middle East has been in turmoil for thousands of years. For us to think that we’re going to in there and fix that with a couple of little bombs and a few little decorations is relatively foolish.
Everyone in the world is worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.
By thinking big, we can transform our world.
I’ve had a lot of experience building things, organizing things, a national scholarship program.
Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it.
I don’t do a lot of talking. I do a lot of doing. And really, it says more about a person than how much they talk.