Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

Work is much more fun than fun.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

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.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good head on my shoulders, saying to myself, 'It's going to be a good day!'.

Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue.

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.

It's funny, I was talking to somebody who writes for a cop show, and he was saying how they aren't allowed to acknowledge Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, just because it has to be able to play forever.

About four days a week, I do pretty good at having a morning prayer time. But even at that, it's a rambling sort of thing. What I have learned to do better is to try to keep my mind turned toward God and ear inclined toward God throughout the day, and I think I'm doing better at that, but I've got a long way to go.

Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.

Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you're interested in fully living life in the year to come.

The three hundredth anniversary of the Salem witch trials of 1692 comes at a time when witchcraft commands a scholarly attention that would have been puzzling in 1892 or even in 1792.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it.