I find that when I think I am asking God to forgive me I am often in reality. . . asking Him not to forgive me but to excuse me.

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.

The Sage's Wish: Like Sun, from the East, may you continue to rise, smile and shine.

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.

A fine poem combines the elements of meaning, music, and a form like a living frame that holds it together.

You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink of an eye, and if you're making those connections with your audience then they're going to go right along with it.

To love is to burn, to be on fire.

Why is it so difficult to love wisely, so easy to love too well?

Through endless time God's greatest gift is continuously given in silence. But whenmankind becomes completely deaf to the thunder of His Silence God incarnates as Man.

One man’s “ugly” is another man’s “beautiful.

In the political world, the only position I have is voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything.

I never understood why you tried so hard to fit in, when you were obviously meant to stand out.