Quotes from John Kasich

The baseline level—that's where we stumble and fall, that's where we go through the motions. And that's where most of us live, most of the time. But the health of a society can be measured by how often and how meaningfully its people are able to reach that higher plane, to live lives bigger than they are.

At a Trump rally, many people were driven to anger and blame; there was name-calling and finger-pointing; there was a certain "my way or the highway" tone. At a Kasich event, people were given hope and all kinds of reasons to lift each other up instead of holding each other down; there was a "we're all in this soup together" tone.

The author describes a previous Bible study with a lot of turnover as "not so much together as in each other's midst.

So much of what we read and write these days is disposable.

I couldn't give as good as I'd gotten. Why? Plain and simple: I hadn't gotten into politics to serve the Republican Party. From the very beginning, I've told people the Republican Party was my vehicle, not my master

All around me, candidates were making wild promises and outlandish statements, while I was out there trying to offer up sound strategies and proven approaches—in other words, trying to be responsible. But you know what? That was seen as boring. Nobody seemed to care—at least, not in any kind of measurable way in this early going.

I hadn't gotten into politics to serve the Republican Party. From the very beginning, I've told people the Republican Party was my vehicle, not my master

True leadership means pursuing it, even if it is hard. The sacrifice is part of the job, however, because leaders can't lead unless they are servants first.

Economic growth is the key. Economic growth is the key to everything. But once you have economic growth, it is important that we reach out to people who live in the shadows, the people who don't seem to ever think that they get a fair deal.

Mitt Romney has a history of being a great job creator. Secondly, he was a great governor. He went from billions of dollars in the hole when he became governor to billions of dollars in surplus when he left. And he went from the loss of tens of thousands jobs when he became governor to the creation of 40,000 new jobs when he left office.

We don't have to fight all the time. It can be done, and we will be great when we join together.

I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it we had great economic growth, we cut taxes, and we had a big surplus.

I was the chairman of the House Budget Committee and one of the chief architects the last time we balanced a budget, and it was the first time we had done it since man walked on the moon.

We've unveiled the most comprehensive reform budget people have seen in a generation.

The reason we have such a reform budget is because we've been thinking about these things for a long time.

I'm a change agent. And what we're beginning to see is a lot of the establish people, one more time, trying to stop me.

Republicans and Democrats spend so much time fighting and then they're all aghast, you know, and so it's just not the way we ought to be. The coarseness is not acceptable.

To put all of your eggs in one basket is silly. We did that for a long time and I don't think it's very smart.

A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.

We will strengthen our country when we come together.

God gives me unconditional love. I'm going to give it to my family and my friends and the people around me.

In faith, I'm a believer in the do's - you know, love your neighbor, love your enemy. I don't spend a lot of time thinking on the don'ts 'cause I can't get the do's right.

You know where entrepreneurship in my opinion has to go? Into the inner city.

If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.