Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.

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.

You’re a lady. It’s written all over you, but the West doesn’t forgive any woman-unless she’s got a man.

They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.

I like this day; I like that sky of steel; I like the sternness and stillness of the world under this frost.

Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.

You can't win everybody to the Lord, but you can always win somebody.

The spiritual quest begins, for most people, as a search for meaning.

It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.

Let's go." "We can't." "Why not?" "We're waiting for Godot.

This house was our dream-the gardens, the study, even the swimming pool. Even though I can't see John when I wake up in the morning, I can always feel him here with me.

They say that man is mighty, He governs land and sea, He wields a mighty sceptre, O'er lesser powers that be.