There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

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.

Success needs no authorization, yet failure requires permission.

That's the thing about anxiety: It's a real time suck.

Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly.

We can not wait until we have enough trained people willing to work at a teacher's salary and under conditions imposed upon teachers in order to improve what happens in the classroom.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

I make this chief distinction between religion and superstition, that the latter is founded on ignorance, the former on knowledge.

The moment you have subtitles and you have to speak Chinese, you already limit your global audience.

Even trees understand me! Good heavens, I lie under them, too, don't I? I'm just like a pile of leaves.

Ambition is not what man does... but what man would do.

It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes.