"Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year"

"Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after"

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today"

"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action"

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things"

"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days"

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action"

"We do not remember days, we remember moments"

"The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life"

"I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office"

"Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences"