A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life.

—Ralph W. Sockman

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

—Ralph W. Sockman

Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.

—Ralph W. Sockman

Love is the outreach of self toward completion.

—Ralph W. Sockman

I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.

—Ernie Banks

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

—Alexander Hamilton

The first rule of holes: when you're in one, stop digging.

—Molly Ivins

The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.

—Nancy Friday