It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

When you show love and empathy to people, you draw them closer to your beliefs and traditions

I think I look good out there. I'm strong powerful and artistic. But I have my doubts as much as anyone.

I respect the Congress's oversight responsibility.

Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?

What are you doing?" Nothing. Breaking and entering. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.

Right now it is a terrible thing to be a rugged individualist; but we don't know what else to be except a feeble nonentity.

Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.

Did you use a chainsaw?" Joey said. "I seem to recall you like chainsawa." "There wasn't a power outlet." Clay turned to me. "That's what I want for Father's Day, darling. A gas powered chainsaw.

An atheist's laugh 's a poor exchange For Deity offended!