Through pride the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every vice, it's the complete anti-God state of mind.

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.

Sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.

You don’t need to travel far to make people happy. When you make people nearer to you happy, people farther away from you will surely come. Keep doing it!

Bran and I are two loose ends who found a way to tie ourselves together.

The way to encourage people to be accountable is to engage the responsible, accountable, trustworthy part of their brain.

And as to experience-well, think how little some good poets have had, or how much some bad ones have.

We preceive that God is in all of those we give to.

Becoming a solo singer is like going from an eau de toilette to a perfume. It's much more intense.

Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.

As you explore your inner world, your outer world will come more sharply into focus. As you face your imagined barriers, you will encounter real ones, as well.

The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city school and broken black families.