What may be myth in one world may always be fact in some other.

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.

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.

Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.

Pointless, needless suffering and pain? I don’t suppose it would help if I told you that was the way life is. The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away.

All life is evolving, for evolution is God's law; and man grows slowly and steadily along with the rest.

a self-made martyr is a poor thing.

Got some, dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me?

You must have dreams and goals if you are ever going to achieve anything in this world.

I'd rather an audience like me than dislike me, but I'd rather they disliked me than be apathetic, because that is the kiss of death.

There is no certainty; there is only adventure.