"What is conservativism? Is it not the aherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?"

"I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number."

"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

"I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him."

"Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes his aid against the other.... The prayers of both could not be answered--that of neither has been answered fully."

"How many legs does a dog have if you count his tail as a leg? Four. You can call a tail a leg if you want to, but that doesn't make it a leg."

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

"Doctors don't know everything really. They understand matter, not spirit. And you and I live in spirit."

"Next to theology I give to music the highest place and honor. And we see how David and all the saints have wrought their godly thoughts into verse, rhyme, and song."

"Be everywhere, do everything, and never fail to astonish the customer."

"No problem is so formidable that you can't walk away from it."

"I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead."