For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.

Hope is a talent like any other.

Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people.

By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.

The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.

The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do.

They gave each other a smile with a future in it.

I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind.

I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.

It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.

If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone.

All I really need to know... I learned in kindergarten.

On a very local scale, a refrigerator is the center of the universe. On the inside is food essential to life, and on the outside of the door is a summary of the life events of the household.

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.

I made it real clear to the business community - if your plan for innovation is to trick people, is to fool them, is not to tell them the truth about the price, then you're right: I'm going to be right in the way.

Banks were once places to hold money and were very careful in lending to finance families as they built a future - bought homes, bought cars, took out student loans.

A good education is a foundation for a better future.

How do you think we build a future? I think we build it by investing in our kids and investing in education.

Bankruptcy is about financial death and financial rebirth. Bankruptcy is the great American story rewritten. We're a nation of debtors.

You can't predict it all. People will tell you to plan things out as best you can. They will tell you to focus. They will tell you to follow your dreams. They will all be right.

It is not good not to have health insurance; that leaves the family very vulnerable.

Even families with health insurance are quite vulnerable to a severe economic reversal if someone gets sick.

I pay for homeowner's insurance, I pay for car insurance, I pay for health insurance.

Democrats fought to get health insurance for more Americans. Democrats fought for a strong consumer agency so big banks can't cheat people. We fought, we won, and we improved the lives of millions of people - thank you, President Obama!

I will work my heart out to earn the trust of the people of Massachusetts.

I think I grew up with a profound sense of watching people who were good people, who were smart people, who were hardworking people - God, nobody on this Earth worked harder than my mom and dad - and they had very little.

Like a lot of you, I grew up in a family on the ragged edges of the middle class. My daddy sold carpeting and ended up as a maintenance man. After he had a heart attack, my mom worked the phones at Sears so we could hang on to our house.

I got married at 19 and graduated from a commuter college in Texas that cost $50 a semester. The way I see it, I'm a janitor's daughter who became a public school teacher, a professor, and a United States Senator. America is truly a country of opportunity!

I had to make a choice - recede into the academic world, or wade into politics.

If you believe that America must work for all of us, not just the rich and powerful, if you believe we must reject the politics of fear and division, if you believe we are stronger together, then let's work our hearts out to make Hillary Clinton the next President of the United States!

Most women file for bankruptcy in the aftermath of a serious medical problem, a job loss, or a family break up. It is hard to protect against those.

There are lots of families who - who make irresponsible purchases. There are also a lot of families who have debt on credit cards because they use those credit cards to pay for medical bills.

Pundits talk about 'populist rage' as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class.

Americans are fighters. We're tough, resourceful and creative, and if we have the chance to fight on a level playing field, where everyone pays a fair share and everyone has a real shot, then no one - no one can stop us.

In America today, a young person needs more education after high school just to have a chance to make it in the middle class. Not a guarantee, just a chance to make it.

I'll work with anyone - and I really do mean that - Democrat, Republican, independent, Libertarian, contrarian, vegetarian.

I have voted against only one of President Obama's nominees: Michael Froman, a Citigroup alumnus who is currently storming the halls of Congress as U.S. Trade Representative pushing trade deals that threaten to undermine financial regulation, workers' rights, and environmental protections.

Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.

Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret.

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.

Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness.

Familiar acts are beautiful through love.

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.