I go too fast to see much, only the tops of everything. I've got to prowl slow some time through this country.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.

Im not a redneck, Im from Texas.

And I dream that something's coming And it's not just in the wind It's more than just tomorrow It's more than where we've been It offers me a promise It's telling me, begin!

What I try to point out is the role an ordinary person can have in seeing the child's destiny. You have to have a feeling for the child.

Your goal over time is to use less red ink every day.

Probably all cultures, certainly Western culture, always have been violent.

I will never be the best dancer or artist. I will be growing until the day I retire.

Any use of a human being in which less is demanded of him and less is attributed to him than his full status is a degradation and a waste.

I'm going to start water skiing someday...as soon as I can separate it from being dragged by a boat.

In Knoxville, they're still doing cartwheels because they went 7-6 and won a bowl game.