Don't shine so that others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see HIM.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.

It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.

You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

Do not stop dreaming because dreams are not real.

Some men and women aren't looking for money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. They simply want to watch the world burn.

A change in the shape of the body creates a change in the state of the soul.

I'm not in love with you.

I think history has shown that the worst way to [try to] bring people over and actually change public opinion is by insult and applied degradation of them.

He who is obsessed by death is made guilty by it.

One's neighbor is always the enemy. That is the nature of things.

No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived.

It was the spirit of the workers that was dangerous. The tired, gray crowds ebbing and flowing perpetually into the mills had waked and opened their mouths to sing.

Nick subjected him to a long, judgmental stare. "There's something very wrong with you," he said at last. "I thought you should know.