Country music will never be the same.

God laughs at men's plans.

Without fail, the days that I start off the right way with a little devotional time and putting God first. Those days are really good days.

I want to make a difference.

Nashville will never be the same.

I'm an American by birth, but I'm a Texan by the Grace of God.

I'm going to try to take a loving look at the situation and do what God gave me the ability to do, and He'll bless it.

In France it was Joan of Arc; in the Crimea it was Florence Nightingale; in the deep south there was Rosa Parks; in India there was Mother Teresa and in Florida there was Katherine Harris.

I became a Christian when I was a little six-year-old boy.

I decided that I'm not going to pound my fist anymore at those folks and at laws that I can't change.

I've been successful, and I'm grateful for that.

Money brings courage with it but lock contentment behind.

I don't set out to do something weird, but if you see something a certain way and it's a little left of center, and you can realize it, that's a real thrill.

You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.

I love history because when you strip away the social and political aspects, it's really just a bunch of fun stories.

There is not room for Death, Nor atom that his might could render void: Thou - Thou art Being and Breath, And what Thou art may never be destroyed.

We pine for kindred natures To mingle with our own.

The whole world is strewn with snares, traps, gins and pitfalls for the capture of men by women.

The careful insect 'midst his works I view, Now from the flowers exhaust the fragrant dew, With golden treasures load his little thighs, And steer his distant journey through the skies.

I never admitted what I wanted to do for a career to anyone until I was 26. I wish I'd piped up at 18.

I didn't pursue acting to become famous. I was actually just trying to make a living.