You can’t get second things by putting them first. You get second things only by putting first things first.

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.

Today’s happiness depends on yesterday’s choice, just as today’s choice will determine tomorrow’s happiness.

Clouds in the sky very much resembles the thoughts in our minds! Both changes perpetually from one second to another!

History doesn't remember gardens.…You forgot the wise administrators, those who kept the peace, those who brought prosperity. You needn’t feel embarrassed, though. So did history.

It's a funny thing about names, how they become a part of someone.

The view from the mountaintop is reserved for the uncommon man.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you.

I am too old to think.

I've been doing a lot of drama, but I feel like comedy is my strength.

A great perturbation in nature, to receive at once the benefit of sleep and do the effects of watching!