Of course language is not an infallible guide, but it contains, with all its defects, a good deal of stored insight and experience.

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.

Your calling is your destiny

We cannot let our hurts, fears, and prejudices get in the way of God’s calling for our lives.

On Thanksgiving Night, 1942, when I was fifteen years old, white racists burned our house to the ground.

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

Claim your divine, glorious selfhood. Think it, talk it, live it and it will demonstrate itself in your life.

Enthusiasm is a kind of faith that has been set afire

For me, Charles Xavier is a monk. He's like a selfless, egoless almost sexless force for the betterment of humanity and mortality.

Those that abide in Christ as their heart's desire shall have, through Christ, their heart's desire.

What's the point being the best fighter on the planet if no likes you?

Well the truth is, everybody, when they die, leaves a void that cannot be filled.