I will take a short time out from being in Parliament when the baby is born but I'll still be doing my constituency work - just with another baby in tow.
Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
And this shall be for music when no one else is near, The fine song for singing, the rare song to hear! That only I remember, that only you admire, Of the broad road that stretches and the roadside fire.
I consider the success of my day based on the seeds I sow, not the harvest I reap.
Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
Not only do our wives need support, but our children need our deep involvement in their lives. If this period [the early years] ofprimitive needs and primitive caretaking passes without us, it is lost forever. We can be involved in other ways, but never again on this profoundly intimate level.
Worship strengthens you. It gives you a sense of God's presence and ultimately His protection and provision.
I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with.
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.