Friendships come and go, but families are forever.

If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it.

You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.

Youth is a frame of mind. If you get out there and enjoy it, you can have it at any time of your life.

I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.

I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs about social issues.

There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something.

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.

Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.

You can't make old friends. You either have them or you don't.

Whatever you don't turn into praise turns into pride.

Happiness, honor, and great estate, For those who patiently work and wait.

If you're going to miss 'em, miss 'em quick.

You never know the best about men until you know the worst about them.

I feel I want to be wise with white hair in a tall library in a deep chair by a fireplace.

When you reach your highest goal, choose a new one.

Fortunes gravitate to men whose minds have been prepared to attract them just as surely as water gravitates to the ocean.

When I learned to forgive, it was like a million pounds were lifted from me.

Theater really gets damaged when there is a paucity of good criticism around.

You have to chase your dreams, no matter what. The impossible just takes a little longer. One stroke at a time, one step at a time, the impossible is easy to achieve.