The story itself should force its moral upon you. You find out what the moral is by writing the story.

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.

The dream giver [God] will remove mountains, He'll fill valleys, He'll straighten crocket ways for you to fulfil your dreams. And His timing is the best.

Only yourself can critizice your ideas for you are the only one who knows where are they coming from and how they were born.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

99.99 percent of all species that have ever lived are no longer with us.

It is, I think, a good deal owing to the preponderance of the commercial element in Society that conversation has sunk to its present dull level of conventional chatter.

The most important thing in a person's life is his faith and how he translates his faith into practical deeds.

When a tiger changes his nature, Englishmen will change theirs.

It is a curious thing that when one speaks from the heart it is invariably in the worst of taste.

I cannot understand how sensible people still defend Facebook, YouTube and Twitter

Many writers tend to write summing-up books at the end of their lives.