I'm going to try to take a loving look at the situation and do what God gave me the ability to do, and He'll bless it.

God laughs at men's plans.

Without fail, the days that I start off the right way with a little devotional time and putting God first. Those days are really good days.

I want to make a difference.

Nashville will never be the same.

I'm an American by birth, but I'm a Texan by the Grace of God.

In France it was Joan of Arc; in the Crimea it was Florence Nightingale; in the deep south there was Rosa Parks; in India there was Mother Teresa and in Florida there was Katherine Harris.

I became a Christian when I was a little six-year-old boy.

I decided that I'm not going to pound my fist anymore at those folks and at laws that I can't change.

I've been successful, and I'm grateful for that.

I crawled in the bathroom, looked in the mirror and saw the devil. It was me.

Courage and clemency are equal virtues.

Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly each day.

The art of land doctoring is being practiced with vigor, but the science of land health is yet to be born.

He's helped me a lot over the years." "I'm sure he has. You scratch his back. He scratches yours." "I have skin allergies. I'm itchy.

To be a follower of the Crucified means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And the cross always entails loss.

There is something good about the character of Gomez. I wouldn't trade the association with him for anything or any role that I might have missed.

Everyone knew in the 1950s why a girl from a nice family left home. The meaning of her theft of herself from her parents was clear to all - as well as what she'd be up to in that room of her own.

Prayer pushes us through life's slumps, propels us over the humps and pulls us out of the dumps. Prayer is the oomph we need to get the answers we seek.

I think the media is dangerously close to creating their own product. They used to cover the product, which was whatever's happening.

I have a practice of really not talking about the competition. I'm from the old school.