Pastoral Resources

I can remember how rude I could be at times to journalists and people phoning up for advice.

Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.

Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.

Taking the time to read to children is not only a worthwhile investment but also a wonderful experience. I have visited 119 schools in Maine, and these visits are among the most rewarding experiences in my career in public service.

We ask advice, but we mean approbation.

No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.

No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.

The original judgment of the FBI, the Secret Service, and the CIA was that there were three shots. I don't think that convinced us except as a statement by people, many of them who were familiar with ballistics. This question troubled me greatly.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise.

My father went into the armed service and I never saw my mother - I don't know what happened to her.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

The Crime Victims Fund is distributed to service providers who assist millions of crime victims annually throughout our communities in a host of ways. It is paid for by fines levied on criminals, not taxpayers.

Train service is particularly vital for the students and employees of Southern Illinois University.

Amtrak is extremely important to the economy of Southern Illinois and I will continue to work with state and local leaders and my colleagues in Congress to secure the necessary funding to maintain full service.

I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.

The service meant so much to me. You don't know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served.