Whatever you do, He will make good of it. But not the good He had prepared for you if you had obeyed him.

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.

Magic is only unexplained science. Science is explained magic. When I study science, I study magic. When I study magic, I study science.

Pray the gods do not envy your happiness!

True worship, worship that is pleasing to God, radiates throughout a person's entire life.

Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.

What harbor can receive you more securely than a great library?

I seriously doubt that the Santa police do an underwear check." -Cora

The inside of the tune [the bridge] is the part that makes the outside sound good.

Habit is necessary to give power.

I really write emotionally so whatever mood I'm in, or if a chord hits me a certain way that's what I'll go off of.