God will look to every soul like its first love because He is its first love.

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.

How often you impress people when you have nothing and how often you oppress them when you have everything is what defines your real character!

When their voices didn't reach my ears, I rebelled against my own skin too young to realize that without their stories I would starve.

Power and beauty come from a very deep place.

Technology, ideology, and social and cultural changes periodically throw out new forms of violence for humanity to contend with.

Exploring how you could make a bad situation worse can sometimes tell you what not to do.

I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.

I loved you and you destroyed me. You took my heart and ripped it up. You might as well have staked me.

Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.

The sun of truth rises in the human being and illuminates his world when he lifts his mind from the darkness of ignorance and selfishness into the light of wisdom and altruism

To believe in God starts with a conclusion about Him, develops into confidence in Him, and then matures into a conversation with Him.