Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties.

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.

Curiosity is always good if it is aimed at learning.

Write what you want, everything else is gravy

You don't have to be a professional to express an experienced opinion. Often times, the professionals are silent...or biased...

One life is but a single act. One body - a garment. One century - a day. One task - an experience. One triumph - an acquisition. One death - a breath of renovation.

I just didn't wanna put the pressure on myself to be in there [Def Jam South] to work as an artist and to have the hat as the executive with other projects.

Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.

Direct experience is the evasion, or hiding place of those devoid of imagination.

Our economy is based upon people wanting more; their happiness on wanting less.

I don't waste too much time philosophizing about wealth, I just recommend it to everyone.

If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common.