I am a product [...of] endless books.

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.

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do.

instead of being obsessed with watching greatness i'd rather do greatness

I would not anticipate the relish of any happiness, nor feel the weight of any misery, before it actually arrives.

I'm thankful I am able to continue to share the joy and the inspiration tap brings.

Very little strength can produce much motion of air. Learn about air as motion.

To practice Zen means to realize one's existence in the beauty and clarity of this present moment, rather than letting life unravel in useless daydreaming of the past and future.

When a popular phenomenon reaches the cover of 'Time,' it is already out of fashion.

Measure your success by your inner scorecard versus an outer one.

It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and - even more surprising - it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.