But if you ask the average person how Christians live, they are struck silent.

America has not the option as to whether it will or it will not play a great part in the world," Roosevelt would argue. "It must play a great part. All that it can decide is whether it will play that part well or badly.

Once you became president, people's perceptions of you—even the perceptions of those who knew you best—were inevitably shaped by the media.

In this new world, a foreign policy victory by every traditional standard could be spun as a defeat, at least in the minds of half the country; messages that advanced our interests and built goodwill abroad could lead to a host of political headaches back home.

Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil—the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.

Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.

Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil—the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life.

In the words of William George Jordan, "Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil—the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be."

And even the greatest actions of a celebrated person labour under this disadvantage, that however surprising and extraordinary they may be, they are no more than what are expected from him; but on the contrary, if they fall any thing below the opinion that is conceived of him, though they might raise the reputation of another, they are a diminution to his.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.

the same way, you should be a light for other people. Live so that they will see the good things you do and will praise your Father in heaven.