To write a novel, you need an iron butt.

If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

If I had feelings, I probably wouldn’t have even survived.

The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

only if we act greatly in meeting our responsibilities abroad will we remain a great nation, and only if we remain a great nation will we act greatly in meeting our challenges at home

Federal and state laws (should) be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess marijuana for private use.

When the President does it , that means that it is not illegal.

I was born in the house my father built.