Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn't teach me everything he knows.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.

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.

We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.

Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.

God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture.

Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.