In our own case we accept excuses too easily; in other people's, we do not accept them easily enough.

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.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time

Pet, I give you permission to be as vocal as you wish, because I am going to blow your mind in a few minutes and I want to hear how much you enjoy the ride.

Canada is a society rather than a nation.

I love helping someone else tell their story, but I like being the storyteller sometimes.

The past is like the hair on our head. I moved to New York when I was twelve, but you always have this feeling that wherever you come from, you physically leave it, but it doesn't leave you.

World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain.

Wasting time is worse than death, because death separates you from this world whereas wasting time separates you from Allah

We have learned how to develop five-minute and even one-minute managers. But we would do better to ask ourselves what it takes to be an executive who helps build a better future.

Not all questions are answered, but fortunately some answers are questioned.