The most dangerous ideas in a society are not the ones being argued, but the ones that are assumed.

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.

Service introduces you to the leadership throne. Service to mankind is the vision on which leadership is mounted. You serve and in your service, you train more leaders by becoming an example!

A hundred times I must have thought of ways to take it back, but I wasn't smart enough to understand that an apology is a sign of strenght, not weakness (...)

I saw in a blue haze all the world poured flat and pale between the mountains

Worldly Wisdom Do not stay in the field! Nor climb out of sight. The best view of the world Is from a medium height.

I promote a healthy lifestyle.

In America, about the only thing censored today is Christianity, the same Christianity that was the driving force behind the building of this great nation.

How about you, Mockingjay? You feel totally safe?” “Oh, yeah. Right up until I got shot,” I say.

Certain characters, mostly heroes, have to be the straight silent type; that is part of the make-up.

Ideas, like large rivers, never have just one source.