When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.

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.

It is the most fundamental thing I know about being alive: Everything that lasts is invention followed by tenacious faith.

How is it that music can, without words, evoke our laughter, our fears, our highest aspirations?

Of all the things in the world that can set the heart burning, there is nothing like the presence of Jesus!

I couldn't tell you exactly what I like about golf. Just when you think you've got it mastered it lets you know you haven't. I'm just crazy enough to do it.

My dream is to be played everywhere, not only at the Opera.

Great opportunity is all around you and it will inspire you to either take advantage of it or deny that it is there.

Donald Trump would never belong to a church that required a ten percent hit. He's too smart.

The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.

I prayed fifteen years for the conversion of my oldest brother. When he seemed to be getting further and further away from any hope of conversion, I prayed on.

Windows are the eyes of the soulless