Steve Southerland

Don't wait for your ship to come in. Swim out to it.

The people of Florida's 2nd Congressional District said, 'Steve, go up there and fight to change the culture in Washington.' I've taken their instructions very seriously.

Down where I grew up, able-bodied people do that which we believe God created them to do. Work is a blessing; it's not a curse.

I don't believe it's productive to go around and badmouth anyone that I work with, because at the end of the day, we all have to sit in front of each other and agree or disagree.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.