"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day."
"Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be."
"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."
"My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right."
"If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it."
"All I have learned, I learned from books."