Your place in Heaven will seem to be made for you and you alone, because you were made for it.

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's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

There is something in the heart of man which will bend under moral suasion. There is a swift witness for truth in his bosom, which will respond to truth when it is uttered with calmness and dignity.

It has actually become very necessary in our time to rebut the theory that every firm and serious friendship is really homosexual.

An inventor creates something that works. An entrepreneur creates something that others will buy.

My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.

You can hesitate before deciding, but not once the decision is made.

No matter the situation, I stay focused and motivated on my goals because that's the way I was raised.

I had a pleasant time with my mind, for it was happy.

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad.