The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation.

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.

Why should I struggle through hundreds of pages of fabrication to reach half a dozen very little truths?''For fun?''Fun!' He pounced on the word. 'Words are for truth. For facts. Not fiction.

Great minds are always feared by lesser minds.

You cannot disregard people and hope to see God

Don't stand in the way of your own light. Let yourself shine as you were meant to shine, for only you can.

If you direct your beliefs and thoughts to always work in your favor, nothing else from the outside would succeed in dethroning you from the throne of your God's given destiny.

Everybody wants to get along with everyone else in the sandbox. I'm that kind of kid, you know what I mean? That will never change about me.

As I get older I realize what qualities are important in love and what suits me. And what I won't settle for.

Sometimes language is not enough.

Husbands and wives are equal partners. They have different but complementary responsibilities.

If it were proven that there is no God there would be no religion. ...But also if it were proven that there is a God, there would be no religion.