Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it.

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.

One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.

If at first you don't succeed, try hard work.

Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

The sweaty players in the game of life always have more fun than the supercilious spectators.

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward.

But I hate to hear you talking so like a fine gentleman, and as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?

The only thing worse than a perilous adventure is a boring one.

Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children.

"Love is a luxury." "No. Love is an element." An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on.

I love this idea of trying to create that intellectual eroticism. That was what I was working toward all along.

Most of my songs are about Jesus. Most of my songs are about the idea that there is salvation, and that there is a Savior. But I won't mention his name in a song just to get a cheap play.

The students realize that it's their life I'm talking about: it's out of balance, they're struggling to put it into balance. How are they going to do it?

I knew if I wanted to be a general manager, I was going to have to leave to work for another organization.