If you want to get attacked, have an opinion.

Not appreciating what we have now, robs us of our abundance even when it exists.

A dream becomes a goal the moment you write it down. A goal becomes a plan the moment you break it down into doable steps. A plan becomes a reality only when you take action.

When you control your thoughts and emotions, you control everything.

One of the first ways to begin building your self-confidence is to focus on what's great about you.

You must recognize that we train the people in our lives how to treat us.

Everything begins with a thought, and thoughts are turned into plans, and plans into reality.

Make no apologies for who you are.

Take charge of your environment.

You can only get more in life by saying YES.

The higher the levels, the higher the devils.

Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael)

At 23 years old, I came into politics as a dragon slayer. At 63 years old, I'm going out as a dragon.

One of the biggest blessings in my life is that I have a very wonderful family, a lovely wife and two lovely daughters.

Food is life, life is food. If you don't like my approach you are welcome to go down to McDonalds.

Since I was a kid I just wanted to be in Nashville.

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.

I looked at my daughter's face and thought, it's lovely to be beautiful but better to be healthy.

I've always been good at putting things behind me–I fall apart, do my crying bit, and then put it away and move on.

I had some Barbies, but they were few and far between the mud fights.

The things that change people's lives are usually an accumulation of small acts.