I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.

My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation.

When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend.

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string.

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.

I've had some lovely extraordinary experiences on New Year's Eve.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings.

You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.

It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.

Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.

In reality, relationships that are successful tend to take the attitude, 'How can I help you?' 'How can I enrich your life?' 'How can I be a better husband to you,' if it's a marriage.

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.

If no one shopped on Thanksgiving Day, the stores wouldn't open. End of story. I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.