Just Saying…

A real friend doesn't always tell you what you want to hear. They tell you what you need to hear — and that's how you know they're real.

If it came easy, everybody would have it.

Easy roads don't build strong people — but rough roads do.

Leadership isn't about being in front — it's about making sure nobody gets left behind.

The best bosses I ever had made me feel like I could do anything. That's leadership.

My friend Buddy Ray told us he took his wife Peggie for better or worse — but he didn't say for all day.

Angels come in many different sizes, shapes, and genders. They're everywhere.

Like a trapped rat — the hell with the cheese, he just wants out of the trap.

How do you know what you can accomplish when you've never tried?

You will miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take.

Most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do planning their life.

The only thing worse than paying income tax is not having an income.

Sometimes we all need a jolt of reality.

You don't get the chance to redo the past — so you better do it right the first time.

The only one who honestly likes change is a baby with a dirty diaper.

That's high as a giraffe's ass on a ladder.

Now I'm not saying Robert Earl is overweight — but he says when he gets his boots shined, he has to take the guy's word for it.

Gary Fred's biggest accomplishment in life was enrolling in college. Next year he's actually going to go.

Gary Fred told his kids he made the Dean's List — unfortunately it was the Dean of Men.

My buddy Burl wanted to open Burl's Bait and Sushi Shack. His slogan: "You can smell us before you can see us."

My dad used to say — don't tell me how much you sold. Tell me how much profit you made.

A lot of people think just because they're busy they must be profitable. Not necessarily. A lot of businesses were busy right up until the last day.

I asked my buddy Bear if something was hard. He said — hard as giving birth to an elephant.

Life is actually pretty simple. We just like to make it more difficult than it is.

About as useless as shooting a BB gun at an elephant.

I told someone I was in the fourth quarter of the game. He said — face it Ken, they already announced the two-minute warning.

Everyone is in sales — it's just not always on their card.

I have never had someone do business with us because we had a new computer.

Good people still matter.

Change your thoughts and you can change your life.

Technology can be a great asset — embrace it, don't fear it.

If you can't trust the people who work for you — why do you keep them?

Delegating is impossible for perfectionists — no one can do it except them.

If you can't trust your employees — you can't lead your employees.

Why do you want new technology or AI? The same insecure manager who doesn't trust his people isn't going to trust them either.

Every person is going to fail at some point — but when you do, learn from it and move on. That's called experience.

It's important to recognize that the best skill some people have is getting a job — not doing the job.

Some people never have an original thought — they only use the boss's thoughts. Then one day someone asks what they do, and nobody can answer.

If you can't get your employees excited — how in the world are you going to get your customers excited to do business with you?

All the fancy words and slick ads are nice — but the greatest marketing strategy you could ever have is a very satisfied customer.

Why do all your weakest employees never seem to get recruited by your competitors?

You can't have too many great employees — but you can dang sure not have enough.

The person who thinks they can't learn anything is probably right. They can't. Probably time for them to go.

Probably the worst statement you could ever make in a business is — well, that's the way we've always done it.

Ask yourself two questions — why do people leave your organization? And why do people stay?

Don't think for a minute that your customers don't notice why people leave — or why they stay.

Why can't you be happy at work?

The number one reason people stay at a job is they feel appreciated and needed.

Deal with the issue before it becomes a problem.

Bad news doesn't get better with time.

Great salespeople don't always make great managers — and great managers don't always make great salespeople.

The best way to get a friend is to be one.

Customers have choices — and they vote with the business they give you.

Every great salesperson is always looking for one main thing — something great to sell.

Choices are many — the correct ones are few.

I am still kicking — maybe not as high as I used to.

Who wants to be around a griping old man? Nobody. And I don't want to be one either.

You can't help getting old — but you can still control your attitude.

Getting old dang sure beats the alternative.

Some people spend their day saying what is wrong with the world. Some of us like to say what is right with the world.

We are blessed to live in a democracy.

This is a country where everyone wants to come — a place where there is no limit on what you can achieve, if you're willing to pay the price to succeed. It's all up to you.

I am not here to tell you what to do or how to do it. I am just here to share my thoughts and my opinions. Just Saying.

I thought the National Honor Society was part of English Royalty.

I always thought PhD stood for Piled Higher and Deeper.

I took psychology in college and figured out the secret to passing — just pick the opposite of whatever I thought the answer was on the test.

It's a lot easier to get home when you were born on third base — but it's a lot more challenging when you had to start at the batter's box.

What separates a person with great grades from a person with great character? About a lifetime.

Your GPA won't follow you forever — but your character will.

I'll take someone with manners, compassion, and kindness over someone with great grades every single time.

If you ever have to pick between someone with a degree or someone with an education — always pick education.

A degree is a piece of paper — an education is what you did with the rest of your life.

A salesperson is one thing. A relationship builder is something else entirely.

Working harder or working smarter — a combination of the two works best.

About the time you've learned some things that are pretty good — you realize that time is running out.

Don't regret what you didn't do — be thankful for what you got to do.

I am so hungry I am scared.

Good employees know who pays their salary — the customer, not the employer.

A consultant asks you for your watch so they can tell you what time it is.

If you think it's hard to collect money from a poor man — try collecting it from a rich one.

What is your purpose on this earth?

One of the greatest gifts you can ever give humanity is raising great children.

Have you made a list of all the wonderful things you have in your life? If you haven't — you probably should.

When you see some families, it probably makes you feel a whole lot better about yours.

You ever go to a family reunion and want to start trimming the family tree back?

Being born poor is not your fault. Staying poor is.

A lot of people saw the American Dream — but some chose not to participate.

If you constantly worry about the money — try worrying about doing the best job instead. I bet the money takes care of itself.

A lot of people can tell you what not to do — only a few can tell you what to do.

Don't take the experience away from a young person busting their chops — learning is lasting.

A firm handshake and a deep look in the eyes creates a wonderful first impression.

Humility, honesty, and integrity are the greatest assets you will ever possess.

What you do is a lot more important than what you say.

Let's face it — when your kids get their AARP card, you are no longer considered middle age.

Funerals in the South are actually funny — when someone dies, everyone brings food. The widow is crying as she eats a Chicken Fried Steak.

If you took sick and went to the hospital, the food patrol starts dropping off deviled eggs, casseroles, and if you really have big money — they send a ham. Nobody stopped to think the patient might have had stomach surgery.

If you never sold anything, the manager asks how many calls you made. If the manager has been in sales — he asks how much you sold.

If the person hiring you has never actually done the job — I would think long and hard before taking it.

When being interviewed, don't ask about salary and vacation first. Instead ask — what are your expectations for someone to be great at this position?

Remember — all customers are equal, but some are more equal than others.

That old boy is so strong he could bench press a Buick.

He was such a bad shot he couldn't hit a parked car with a shotgun.

We were hunting in West Texas on a Sunday morning when the guys started unloading their guns. I said — what are y'all doing? They said — we're trying to beat the Baptists to Dairy Queen.

That old boy eats like he's going to the electric chair in the morning.

That meal is so good it'd make a rabbit hug a hound.

Buckshot told me he had whipped anorexia.

Companies always say they need motivation. My first question is — why do they need motivating?

A talk is not going to undo a company culture permanently.

A world without hope is not a world at all — just a place people pass through.

Without hope, the sun still rises — but nobody bothers to look up.

Strip a man of everything and he can survive. Strip him of hope and there is nothing left to save.

Hope is not a luxury — it is the oxygen of the human spirit.

Hope is the last light to go out — and when it does, everything goes dark.

You can live without many things, but nobody truly lives without hope.

Faith is simple. It's just trusting. The hard part is letting go enough to do it.

Faith is not knowing the answer. It's trusting the one who does.

Faith is not knowing the full path — it's trusting the one who laid it.

You don't need to see the whole staircase, just enough light for the next step.

Faith doesn't remove the mountain — it gives you the courage to climb it.

Faith is the anchor that holds when everything else is drifting.

The one who walks by faith doesn't always know the way, but never walks alone.

The best things in my life never went according to plan — they went according to grace.

Sometimes the life you didn't plan turns out to be better than the one you did.

Angels don't come because you call them. They come when you need them.

Angels don't check your schedule. They keep God's.

Faith is not wishful thinking — it is confident waiting.

I had a plan. God had a plan. Only one of us knew the whole story.

I planned for where I wanted to go. God planned for where I needed to be.

I mapped out my road. God knew the destination before I took the first step.

My plan fit on paper. God's plan fit eternity.

My plan had limits. God's plan had none.

The fact that you question yourself means you care enough to get it right.

Don't let the noise in your head drown out the truth in your heart.

Doubt is not a stop sign — it's just a speed bump on the road to greatness.

You were not brought this far to be defeated by your own mind.

Just because I don't talk about my problems doesn't mean I don't have any.

Quiet doesn't mean fine. It just means I've learned to carry it alone.

Strength isn't the absence of pain. Sometimes it's just the decision not to show it.

Check on your strong friends. They need it most and ask for it least.

Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.

Not everyone who is smiling is okay.

We all have a chapter we don't read out loud.

The heaviest loads are often carried by the people who never complain about the weight.

Be patient with people. You only see what they show you — not what they carry home.

Hard roads don't go on forever, but strong walkers do.

The moment you almost quit is usually the moment before the breakthrough.

Tired is not the same as finished.

Giving up is permanent. Struggling is temporary.

The ones who made it were simply the ones who didn't stop.

You've already survived every hard day you thought would break you.

The finish line never moves. Only the runner does.

A winner is not someone who never falls — it's someone who never stays down.

Winners don't have fewer obstacles — they have more reasons to overcome them.

A winner is built in the moments nobody is watching.

Winning starts in the mind long before it shows up in results.

The winner was once a beginner who simply refused to quit.

It's not the trophy that makes a winner — it's the heart that earned it.

You cannot grow and stay the same — choose wisely.

Growth is rarely comfortable, but comfort rarely grows you.

You won't recognize the new you until you're willing to let go of the old you.

Every version of you that struggled built the version of you that stands today.

Growth doesn't announce itself — you only see it when you look back.

Attitude is the fuel to change your life.

A full tank of the right attitude will take you further than talent ever could.

Change your attitude and you change the direction of your entire life.

Talent may open the door but attitude decides how long you stay in the room.

Paralysis by analysis has killed more dreams than failure ever did.

Could've, should've, would've never accomplished anything.

If you can conceive your dream, believe it — then I bet you can achieve it.

Don't get activity confused with accomplishments.

The world is full of people who almost tried.

The only talent wasted is the one never used.

Failure is a moment. Regret is a lifetime.

You can recover from failure. You cannot recover from never having tried.

Are you running from something or running to something? There is a big difference.

Running to something builds a life. Running from something just moves the problem.

Are you chasing a dream or escaping a reality you haven't fixed yet?

What takes no time, lasts no time.

Speed builds for today; patience builds for forever.

What rushes in, rushes out. What endures, takes its time.

The quick is forgotten. The careful is remembered.

I don't know many big fancy words. But I do have a little common sense.

Book smart is a gift. Street smart is survival. Common sense is both.

Common sense ain't so common anymore. Hold onto yours — it's worth more than you think.

Who do you remember — your teacher or the one who gave you an education?

Classrooms give you grades. Life gives you wisdom. Both matter — but only one stays with you.

The best lessons I ever learned came from people who never had a lesson plan.

We grade the students. Nobody grades the teachers. Maybe we should.

The wisest thing I ever did was pay attention to the many people wiser than me.

I learned early that my ears were more valuable than my opinions.

I never claimed to be the smartest man in the room — I just made sure I was always listening to whoever was.

Smart is knowing what you know. Wise is knowing what you don't — and finding someone who does.

The greatest education I ever got didn't come from a classroom. It came from shutting up and listening.

I wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer — but I stayed close to the ones who were.

I may not have had all the answers. But I knew who to ask.

Before you take someone's advice — check their results.

Advice is only as good as the experience behind it.

You don't ask a fat man how to lose weight — but don't ask a skinny man where to get a Chicken Fried Steak.

Don't take marriage advice from a divorced man — unless you want to know what not to do.

Think long, go wrong.

Most people would rather change everything around them than change the one thing that needs it — themselves.

The hardest conversation you'll ever have is the honest one you have with yourself.

Self awareness is rare. Most people spend a lifetime blaming everything but the mirror.

If you keep doing the same old things you get the same old results.

A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

Most committees are just created so no one person will have to take the blame.

Most of the time it's easier just to do it than to keep talking about it.

A half truth is a whole lie.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

Just because you rode on a plane don't mean you can fly one.

Even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and then.

The early bird gets the worm — but the second mouse gets the cheese.

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

If you're listening you're probably learning.

A lot of things are a little harder to do than they said in school.

The bigger the "I" — the smaller the team.

A good leader says we did it. A poor one says I did it. The team knows the difference.

Replace I with we and watch what happens to the people around you.

Nobody built anything great alone. The ones who say they did are the proof.

A team that hears we will run through walls. A team that hears I will walk out the door.

The word I builds monuments. The word we builds legacies.

Great leaders make others feel like the reason for the success. Poor leaders make sure everyone knows it was them.

You don't close a sale. You open a relationship.

People don't buy products. They buy people first.

The best salespeople don't sell — they solve.

A great salesperson listens twice as much as they talk — just like we have two ears and one mouth.

Every no is just a yes that hasn't found its reason yet.

Selling is not convincing. It's connecting.

Follow up is where fortunes are made and lazy salespeople are separated from great ones.

Trust is built in drops and lost in buckets. Protect it.

You can't sell anybody anything. You can only help them buy.

Activity fills your day. Results fill your year. Know the difference.

Before you blame the job, the place, or the people — make sure you're not the common denominator.

Is the job the problem — or are you the problem? Get real.

You can change cities, jobs and relationships — but you always take yourself with you.

If everywhere you go has the same problem — stop looking around and start looking in the mirror.

Making a baby takes minutes. Raising one takes everything you've got.

Succeed because everyone who believed in you deserves to see it pay off.

Succeed because everyone who doubted you needs to see it's possible.

Succeed because your family's future is worth every sacrifice today.

Succeed because settling was never part of your true story.

Succeed because you owe it to every version of yourself that never gave up.

Succeed because purpose without action is just a dream collecting dust.

Leopard don't change their spots.

You can dress up a mule but it's still a mule.

When someone shows you their true colors — don't try to repaint them.

Reputation is what people think you are. Character is what you actually are.

Reputations are earned not bought.

Money can buy a lot of things. A good name is not one of them.

Your reputation arrives before you do and stays long after you leave.

You earn a good reputation the same way you earn anything worth having — slowly, quietly and honestly.

If your handshake isn't worth a damn, why would I want your signature?

Stand straight, speak true, and never let your handshake write a check your character can't cash.

Real grit ain't about how loud you talk — it's about how quiet you work.

How you treat people who can do nothing for you reveals everything about you.

Leave every person better than you found them.

Character is not what you display when the world is watching — it is what you do when nobody is.

How many friends you have is probably the best report card of the life you're living.

Your friends are a reflection of who you are — choose them carefully and treasure them completely.

Lot of people call them good friends. I call them my Angels.

Good people don't just show up for the good times. They stay for all of it.

I didn't always have everything I needed. But I always had good people. That was enough.

Sometimes your presence says it all.

You will never regret being too kind. You will always regret not being kind enough.

Don't let the people you love wonder if you love them.

A little more love and a little less judgment would fix most of what's broken in this world.

Love costs nothing to give and means everything to receive.

The world needs more love and kindness — not less.

If you didn't like life when you had no money — you're probably not gonna like it when you do.

If you're miserable broke — you'll be miserable rich. Money just upgrades the misery.

A happy poor man will be a happy rich man. A miserable poor man will be a miserable rich man with better furniture.

Did you leave this world better than it was when you got here?

Kids are like dogs — if they misbehave, don't get mad at the dog, get mad at their owner.

Raise your children or the world will raise them for you. And the world ain't near as careful.

If you want to give your children something they can keep the rest of their life — teach them manners and respect.

Toys break. Clothes wear out. Manners and respect last a lifetime.

Technology gave us everything except the one thing we really needed — common courtesy.

Please and thank you never went out of style — some people just stopped using them.

Manners cost nothing and mean everything. Funny how rare they've become.

You never hear of people trying to sneak out of the United States — but they sure are trying to sneak in.

America may not be perfect. But it's still the place everybody wants to be.

You came here for what America offered. Honor it — don't change it.

What can you accomplish with a great mind and a pure heart?

The wishbone says I hope. The backbone says I will.

Look back over your life and count the good people. Those are your real blessings.

I'm full as a tick on a collie dog.

I ate so much even my shadow looks heavier.

He saw the sign that said Fine for Parking — so he thought that was a real nice compliment.

He came from a town so small the welcome sign and the farewell sign were on the same post.

I'm so full I'll need a forklift and a prayer to get out of this chair.

You know what's better than paying taxes? Having a job.

Let's be honest. Not everybody is pulling for you.

Do you bring people down or do you push them up? There's a big difference.

Buckethead said he doesn't eat that much. I told him — well it's getting in there somehow.

Buckethead announced he finally beat anorexia. The buffet confirmed it.

Herodale finally gave in to the dentist calling him and said — what day you want me to drop my teeth off to you?

Bear said he's about ninety percent now. They said oh that's sad. He said — no no no, that's really good. He was probably only seventy percent before.

I asked Bear how he was doing. He said — quiet as a gnat peeing on a cotton ball.

Harry Dale told his kids — if they get any money when he dies it will be because he miscalculated.

Nervous as a pregnant nun.

There's no such thing as a little bit pregnant — or a little bit honest.

Let her rip tater chip.

Old boy is like a lost ball in the high grass.

He set out to find himself and got lost on the way.

He was so far behind he thought he was first.

He couldn't find water if he fell out of a boat.

That would make a preacher cuss and a sinner pray.

Hossfly Higgins always said — hard work never killed anybody. But why take the chance?

Bear said, “I was smooth as a gravy sandwich.”

Every crow thinks its baby is the blackest.

Don't let the tail wag the dog.

Good fences make good neighbors.

My wife says I can't hear thunder.

My wife says I need a hearing aid. I say I need a quieter wife.

What most old people really need is a good ironing.

I've got wrinkles that have their own zip codes.

My face has more lines than a Texas road map.

I got wrinkles that can hold 5 gallons of water if I'm out in the rain.

At my age the only pressing issue left is finding someone to press me.

I don't have wrinkles — I have deeply committed character lines.

Getting old is not for the faint of heart — or the easily ironed.

I've earned every single one of these wrinkles — some of them cost me considerably.

They say age is just a number. Mine is unlisted.

I'm not old. I'm a classic. And classics need a little more maintenance.

She has been in a bad mood for 52 years — doesn't look like she is going to outgrow it.

You ever been around someone that is just unhappy all the time? You just want to ask where she parks her broom.

The kind of person a bar would ask to leave so they could have Happy Hour.

A griping person is like a skunk at a picnic — everybody knows he's there and nobody wants to stay.

Will Rogers said he never met a man he didn't like. Apparently Will and I didn't travel in the same circles.

I just keep finding the ones Will missed.

Life is too short to be that unhappy — and too long to make everyone else suffer for it.

A smile costs nothing. Apparently she was on a tight budget.

Spandex is a privilege not a right.

I had one goal in life — don't die young. So far so good.

Save your ailments for your doctor. Save I'm fine for everyone else.

How are you? is a greeting. Not an invitation.

Nobody who asks how are you is prepared for an honest answer.

The older you get the longer the honest answer gets — so most folks just say fine.

If people really wanted to know how you were doing — they'd sit down first.

There are two answers to how are you — the honest one and the one people actually want to hear.

I finally asked her where she parked her broom — she didn't think it was funny. I did.

Hard work never killed anyone — but laziness has buried a few.

Right choices, right life.

Grateful immigrants built this country. Ungrateful ones want to tear it down.

America didn't ask you to forget where you came from. Just remember why you left.

Looks like they're trying to put twenty pounds of sugar in a five pound bag.

Rather be seen than viewed.

Whole lot of churning — but no butter.

A trusted snake is still a snake.

A snake's nature doesn't change just because you trust it.

Work hard, stay humble, and let your character do the talking.

A handshake and your word — that's still the best contract ever written.

Character is what you do when nobody's watching and everything's on the line.

The measure of a man isn't what he has — it's what he gives.

Hope is not a strategy, but it sure is the fuel that keeps you going.

You never really lose until you stop trying.

Treat every person like they're the most important person in the room — because to them, they are.

Grit outlasts talent every single time.

A good reputation is built slow and lost fast.

There's no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs — and enjoy the climb.

The door of opportunity swings on the hinges of hard work.

The right thing to do is usually the hard thing to do. Do it anyway.

You don't have to be the smartest one in the room — just the most trustworthy.

Faith doesn't make things easy. It makes them possible.

Don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can.

Kindness costs nothing and buys everything.

Every storm runs out of rain. Hold on.

A mentor is just someone who walked the road ahead of you and left a trail.

Some folks are so busy making a living they forget to make a life.

We were so poor, we couldn't even afford to pay attention.

We didn't have a lot growing up — but we didn't know it, because nobody told us.

I will beat sparks out of your butt if you do that again.

My tired is hanging out.

Some folks study so hard for life they forget to live it.

He's looking for a racehorse and keeps interviewing mules with good résumés.

The best leaders make decisions. The worst ones make meetings about making decisions.

A title don't make you a leader — it just makes you the one folks blame first.

Good leaders ask "how can I help?" Bad ones ask "why isn't this done yet?" — in the same tone of voice.

He manages by walking around — mostly around the problem.

The smartest folks I know can take a complicated mess and boil it down to where your grandma understands it over coffee.

Complexity is easy. Simple is the hard part — and the valuable part.

Don't tell me how complicated it is. Tell me what to do about it.

Make it simple enough that a fifth grader gets it, and smart enough that the expert respects it.

Find what you love, then let it shine through everything you do.

Don't hide your fire — the world needs to see it burn.

What you're passionate about isn't something to hide — it's something to share.

Most folks bury their passion out of fear. Don't be most folks.

The world's full of people hiding what lights them up. Be the one who doesn't.

Quit apologizing for what you love — show it, share it, let it shine.

Your passion ain't something to be embarrassed about — it's your gift to the world.

Don't let your best stuff die with you — give it away first.

You've got something nobody else has. Share it with everyone who needs it.

The world don't need what you're saving up — it needs what you're sitting on.

Integrity ain't a strategy — it's just doing right because it's right.

A good name takes a lifetime to build and a minute to lose. Guard it close.

Simple isn't the absence of smart — it's smart with the fat trimmed off.

You don't need every feature. You need the right one, done well.

You don't have to have it all figured out today — just love 'em and show up. That's enough for now.

Some days survival is the victory. Don't let anybody tell you different.

Your babies don't need a perfect mama — they need a present one. You're already doing that.

One step, one day, one diaper at a time. Don't give up — not for yourself, but for your kids.

You're stronger than you feel right now, and braver than you know.

You don't have to feel strong to be strong for them. Sometimes the acting is the doing.

Hold the line for them today — you can fall apart in private, but not in front of the ones watching you for hope.

Your kids don't need to see your fear. They need to see you keep standing — that's how they learn to stand too.

Strength ain't the absence of breaking down — it's choosing when and where you let it show.

You carry more than they know, and you're doing it so they don't have to carry it too.

Even broken things can be mended — it just takes two hands and two hearts.

You don't have to know where you're going. You just have to take the next right step.

Confused about your future just means you're paying attention — the folks who never wonder are the ones who oughta.

Most grown-ups are just kids who figured out how to fake it convincingly. You're closer than you think.

It's okay to not have it figured out. Nobody does — some folks are just better at pretending.

Sometimes you don't find your calling. Sometimes it finds you.

Sometimes your profession finds you — not the other way around.

I had a wife, two kids, and a job I loved. How bad was that for me?

Forty-eight years later, I still love it. It wasn't my plan — but apparently it was God's.

The path doesn't have to be clear for you to start walking it.

In a world full of bells and whistles, the folks who keep it simple are the ones who get heard.

You can be right, or you can be married. Most nights, you can't be both.

It's not that you don't have time. It's that you didn't make time.

You don't lack time. You lack priorities.

Time doesn't run out on you. You just spend it on something else.

When everything feels unbearable, you don't have to solve it all today. You just have to get through today.

Sometimes the load doesn't get lighter. You just get stronger, or you get help. Either one will do.

Not knowing the answer is not a crime. Knowing it and not using it — that's the bigger problem.

Do what your neighbor does, and you'll stay right where your neighbor is. Don't expect him to root for you to pass him.

Everybody's got their own way of getting through life. Don't judge somebody else's just because it's not yours.

Before you burn the bridge, remember you might need to walk back across it someday.

Anything can be resolved if everyone is committed to finding a solution.

Money can change a lot of things about a person. Integrity isn't supposed to be one of them.

Money doesn't make integrity. It just reveals whether you had any.

You can be poor and have integrity, or rich and have none. Money was never the measure.

When everybody's running away from something, at least you should walk over and take a look at it.

The best tech is the kind your grandmother could use without calling you twice.

You don't need every benefit. You need the right one, done well.

High tech, plain talk — that's a winning combination.

Most companies are not looking for people to point out problems. They are looking for people to solve them.

Happy as a pig in slop.

Buckethead used to have to book his haircut two hours in advance — that's how much hair he had to deal with.

My buddy Hossfly said his brother was about as sharp as a marble. He said it would take his brother an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes.

That old boy was lost as an egg at last year's Easter egg hunt.

Buckethead's barber was cutting his hair one day and suddenly just stopped and sat down. Buckethead asked what was wrong. The barber said, "This is a big old head."

Some would even gripe if you offered to hang them with a new rope.

Happy wife, happy life.

That old boy right there had money since it was invented.

Old boy was so lazy he couldn't wear a self-winding watch.

If his mouth is moving, guaranteed he's lying.

Nobody fails if you did your best.

That old boy has more guts than a high diver.

He is definitely not the brightest bulb on the tree.

He thought OPEC was a country.

Most people have more than what they use.

Life's great battles don't always go to the strongest or fastest man — but in the end, the one who wins is the one who thinks he can.

A strong heart and determination will always compete with ability.

Do you rise to the occasion, or wilt to the pressure? The choice is yours.

That old boy has a whole lot of quit in him.

Sometimes the best thing you could say is with your presence.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

You can't put a value on the importance of a good friend who'll just sit and listen.

A boy doesn't become a good man by being told how. He becomes one by watching one.

You'll know you did good as a parent when your children become the kind of people you'd choose as friends.

He says it, he does it.

Ain't never had to remind him of what he said.

He's hiring for a sales job and grading on penmanship.

She's got a PhD in common sense, which is rarer than the other kind.

That old boy is bad to lie.

She was so upset she took to the bed.

I'll be there directly.

She is the straw that stirs the drink.

The next time he does something honestly will be the first time.

Cute as a speckled puppy.

Quiet as a church mouse.

When they said they were giving out brains, he must have thought they said rain and ran for cover.

If they were giving out brains that day, he must have been absent.

My friend Earl was always the romantic kind of fella. He bought his wife a new ceiling fan for their 16th anniversary. Knows what a woman wants and needs.

Do the right thing, simply because it's right.

You don't get manners when you get older. You had them all your life.

The best things a good man owns never show up on a financial statement — his word, his name, his character.

When someone says they can't help you before they've even heard your request, that doesn't say much for the type of people they hire.

Even if you can't help a customer, the fact that you honestly tried speaks volumes about how much you value them.

It's hotter than a two-dollar pistol out there.

If brains were dynamite, he couldn't blow his nose.

He's about as useful as a screen door on a submarine.

She's madder than a wet hen.

That truck's been rode hard and put away wet.

He talks a lot, but he ain't said nothing yet.

This town is so small the city limit signs are back to back.

Don't squat with your spurs on.

He thinks if you get bit by one dog, then all dogs bite.

You can put your boots in the oven, but that don't make 'em biscuits.

Talk about a bad cook — she can burn water.

Older than dirt and twice as dusty.

That food would gag a maggot.

She could get in an argument with an empty room.

He's so broke he couldn't pay attention.

It's so hot the chickens are laying hard-boiled eggs.

So skinny he'd have to stand twice to make a shadow.

He couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel.

The wheel's spinning but the hamster's gone.

Bless his heart, he's about two bricks shy of a full load.

That old boy doesn't have a receding hairline — he has a retreating one.

They say the only difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

That old boy is so old he was in Ronald Reagan's Boy Scout troop.

She eats so much it looks like they're getting her ready for a 4-H project.

He got a tan from opening the refrigerator so much last month.

Joanie gave Harry Dale the same anniversary card three years in a row. He didn't know until she told him. A real romantic at heart.

Earl's wife Regina told him after he twisted off one night that he was going to hell if he didn't change his ways. Earl smartmouthed back — "At least I'll know a lot of people."

Regina got even with Earl. For his birthday she got him a hair dryer. Earl doesn't have a hair on his head.

Hossfly said he got hit Saturday night at the VFW Hall with a drunk front.

Looks like they were trying to get 20 pounds of potatoes into a 5 pound bag.

You don't always need tough love. Sometimes you just need tough encouragement.

It doesn't take money to be a winner. It takes a goal, focus, and a burning desire to change your life.

You don't ask a snake to leave.

You don't kill a snake with a rope.

A boy who will fight probably won't ever have to.

You never start a fight, but you also never run from one.

The best lessons on how to live were never in a book. They were in the people who lived them.

Some of the greatest lessons I ever learned came from listening to and watching good people who loved me.

My parents told me they never worried about me, because I knew right from wrong.

I never wanted to disappoint them.

They managed me with reverse psychology.

They say I took a shine to that pretty girl.

He's so country he thinks "gourmet" is a brand of cattle feed.

A good rancher can fix anything with baling wire, duct tape, and a few choice words.

He's so country he thinks a salad bar is something you tie up your horse to.

He's so country his idea of fine dining is a clean tailgate.

He's so country he thinks valet parking means leaving the keys in the truck.

Favorite beverage of choice for the good old boys in Muleshoe, Texas is "cold and free."

My buddies Big Headed Phil and Half Track went to Lubbock from Muleshoe to buy beverages for all their buddies and got about 15 cases. They decided to have a few, so they had about 2 or 5, and next thing they knew the law pulled them over. He sees all the beverages in the back of the truck and asks where they're from. Half Track told him. The officer said, "I guess Muleshoe doesn't have one way streets." Half Track said, "What?" The officer said, "Do you see those arrows on the sign?" Half Track said, "I didn't even see no Indians." The cop fell out laughing and told those hicks to get out of town.

So hungry I could eat the sock off a Russian foot shower.

The only difference between his son and his dog — the boy is taller, but the dog is smarter.

Look for a career, not a job.

If you constantly look forward to only the weekend, you don't have a career — you just have a job.

Like being mad at the skunk for stinking.

Like being surprised the snake bit you when you picked it up.

Sometimes not getting the job is the greatest thing that ever happened to you.

You can't give more than you have.

But you can give that much every day.

He hired the fella with the fanciest tie and the weakest handshake — bet on the handshake every time.

Change requires change.

Passion and purpose are a dynamic partnership.

Wisdom is knowing that what you strived for didn't bring the satisfaction you thought it would — even after you got it.

The questions about life are many, the answers are few. So when you find one that holds up, hang onto it.

It's funny — as you get older, the race for money and material things seems to wane, and you become more concerned with the special people you've known and how much they really mean to you.

It's almost liberating to say I love you and appreciate you to your faithful friends.

Sometimes as you get older you realize you were wrong about what you thought was important. It was a false illusion all along.

Where you are today was always in the plan. It just wasn't in your plan.

Isn't it funny — you want money now more to help those struggling friends who are suffering in silence more than anyone knows. And money might help a little, but it can't help them the way they really need.

They need things money can't buy. They need you, as a caring friend.

What I've learned in life is there's a lot of things I can't control. But I might could help a few people with some words that get them through some of the challenges we all go through.

Silence isn't peace. Sometimes it's just where the pain learned to hide.

You don't have to perform okay for people who actually love you.

The mask gets heavy. You're allowed to take it off, even for a minute.

Nobody drowns quietly on purpose. They just don't know how to ask for the rope.

You've survived 100% of your worst days so far. That's not luck. That's you.

Hurting in silence doesn't make you strong. Reaching out does.

The bravest thing you'll do today might just be staying.

You don't have to explain your pain to deserve help with it.

Some people carry storms behind a smile that never gives them away.

Asking for help isn't the white flag. It's the first step forward.

You are allowed to not be okay and still be loved.

The weight you're carrying was never meant to be carried alone.

What you become in life is due to what you did in life.

As I enter the last phase of life, I do it with pride, but also a few regrets. I tried hard to succeed in my personal life, my social life, and my business life. What I regret is I didn't learn until later in life to help people who need more help.

When you get older, you sure wish you could share these life experiences — the ones that might have helped a few people have a smoother life.

Living is learning.

You always knew the stove was hot. But you still had to touch it.

You become like your environment. Hang around losers, you'll become a loser. Hang around people with ambition, you'll become even more ambitious.

Winners win, and losers whine.

It takes guts and determination to rise above negativity and pursue your ambitions.

Your education is never over. You're just not in a classroom.

It might be challenging and difficult, but nobody can navigate through life except you.

An obstacle is not a roadblock. It's a detour to your destination.

Don't just tell your children what they should aspire to. Show them yourself.

The best way to show your kids how to be a strong person? Show them.

A lot of people will follow you into the water, but not everyone will dive in first. That's called leadership.

Everyone hates getting a $500 bill for something unexpected. But it's a lot better when you have the $500 to pay it. Not everyone does.

Unlike playing golf, you don't get mulligans in life.

The best way to keep from saying something stupid or crazy — don't say it.

You get great rewards when you work hard — not when you wish hard.

You get what you work for, not what you wish for.

A lot of people sacrificed everything they had so that we could live the life we do. I will never forget that — and I hope you won’t either.

Only in America. A little kid with nothing but heart and a dream can grow up to be anything. That’s not a slogan — that’s a FACT!

Work like somebody's always watching — because somebody always is.

A good name is better than a good salary.

I didn’t earn being an American — I was blessed with it. And I try to live like I know the difference.

Grit is just grace under pressure that's been there long enough.

You don't have to feel strong to keep going — you just have to keep going.

The only way out is through.

Hard times don't build character — they reveal it.

When you feel like quitting, remember why you started.

Tough times never last — tough people do.

If it was easy, everybody would do it.

I've been knocked down so many times I quit counting and started landing better.

Some days you're the windshield. Some days you're the bug. Show up either way.

If you're going through hell, keep going — it ain't a good place to stop. — often attributed to Winston Churchill

Falling down is an accident. Staying down is a choice.

A setback is just a setup for a comeback.

Life doesn't come with a manual — just a series of lessons you didn't sign up for.

You don't get to choose every hand you're dealt — just how you play it.

Life has a funny way of teaching you exactly what you tried to avoid.

You can always make more money. You can't make more time.

The days are long but the years are short. Don't blink.

Show me who you spend your time with and I'll show you who you're becoming.

Not everybody who walks with you is walking with you.

I've had a good life. Some of it I even planned.

Regret is the heaviest thing you'll ever carry.

Don't trade what you want most for what you want right now.

Old people mean well — we're just a little disappointed that we didn't listen to the advice old folks gave us.

But what a great ride it has been.

I didn’t choose where I was born, but every day I’m grateful it was here.

The older I get, the more I realize how little I know — and how much I used to think I did.

A wise man knows what he doesn't know. A fool thinks that's the same thing.

Experience is a hard teacher — she gives the test first and the lesson after.

Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.

Everybody wants wisdom. Nobody wants to do what it takes to get it.

Free advice is worth exactly what you paid for it.

The trouble with good advice is that it usually interferes with your plans.

Common sense ain't so common anymore — and the price has gone up.

If common sense were a cold, half the world couldn't catch it.

At my age, wisdom and forgetfulness start to look alike.

If I knew at 25 what I know now, I'd have scared myself half to death.

Young people are like puppies — full of energy, no sense of direction, and convinced they're right.

Let her rip, tater chip.

It takes a secure person to be simple.

Simple words, from a simple man.

He's all hat, no cattle, and a borrowed horse.

Some folks are like a blister — they show up after all the work is done.

She could start an argument in an empty house.

Don't dig a hole you can't climb out of.

You can tell a Texan, but you can't tell him much.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I wasn't paying attention.

If you lie down with dogs, don't be surprised when you get up with fleas.

Pretty is as pretty does — and ugly goes clear to the bone.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions and sorry excuses.

He couldn't find his boots if they were on his feet.

His wallet's got more moths than money.

He squeezes a nickel so tight the buffalo hollers.

She's as stubborn as a borrowed mule on a hot day.

He'd argue with a fence post — and lose.

He's been wrong so many times he's getting good at it.

The next smart thing he says will be the first one.

He opens his mouth and the words just fall out — none of them useful.

At my age, I've seen it all, done most of it, and forgotten half of it.

The older I get, the smarter my parents were.

By the time you know all the answers, nobody's asking you the questions.

I finally figured out what I want to be when I grow up. Now if I could just remember what it was.

Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. So technically we're all just cycling through stupid on our way to smart.

Common sense is so rare it ought to be classified as a superpower.

The school of hard knocks has no summer break and charges full tuition.

Experience is what you get right after you needed it.

Some people bring joy wherever they go. Others bring joy whenever they go.

He's the kind of man who lights up a room — by leaving it.

Money can't buy happiness — but it sure makes misery more comfortable.

Hard work pays off eventually. Laziness pays off right now.

The problem with doing nothing is you never know when you're done.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

It's not the fall that kills you — it's the sudden stop at the end.

The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.

I used to think I was indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.

Marriage is like a deck of cards. In the beginning all you need is two hearts and a diamond. By the end you're looking for a club and a spade.

A happy wife is a happy life. A happy husband is a miracle.

My wife and I have a perfect understanding. I don't try to run her life and she doesn't try to run mine. She runs both.

The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.

At my age, getting lucky means finding my car keys on the first try.

My doctor told me to watch my drinking. So now I do it in front of a mirror.

I've reached the age where my back goes out more than I do.

My memory is so good I can remember things that never even happened.

At my age, happy hour is a nap.

Two things are infinite — the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

If at first you don't succeed, try doing it the way your wife told you.

The easiest job in the world is giving advice. The hardest is taking it.

Even a fish wouldn't get in trouble if he kept his mouth shut.

You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out.

The bigger the hat, the smaller the ranch.

Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.

Character is who you are when nobody's watching — and when everybody is.

Your reputation is what people say about you when you leave the room. Your character is what God knows about you all the time.

You can fool some people some of the time. You can't fool yourself any of the time.

What you do speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

A man who tells the truth doesn't have to remember what he said.

Do what you said you'd do, when you said you'd do it. That's it. That's the whole secret.

Your word is either worth something or it isn't. There's no in between.

Integrity is doing the right thing even when the wrong thing would be easier and nobody would know.

A handshake used to mean something. Make sure yours still does.

You don't have to be the loudest one in the room to be the most respected.

Humble people don't think less of themselves — they just think about themselves less.

Kindness is free. Sprinkle that stuff everywhere.

Treat the janitor the same way you treat the CEO. How you treat people who can do nothing for you says everything about you.

The greatest thing you can leave your children isn't money. It's a good name and an example worth following.

A boy becomes a man by watching one.

Raise your children so you're proud of who they become — not just what they accomplish.

Mean what you say. Say what you mean. Do what you promised.

Be somebody who makes everybody feel like somebody.

Your character is your autobiography.

Leave every place a little better than you found it.

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Friends are the family you choose.

A good friend knows all your stories. A best friend lived half of them with you.

Anybody can be around when things are good. Show me who stays when things get hard.

The older I get, the more I realize that a few good friends are worth more than a crowd of acquaintances.

Some friendships are like good boots — they get more comfortable the longer you wear them.

A friend who tells you the truth even when it hurts is worth ten who just tell you what you want to hear.

Time and distance don't weaken a real friendship. You pick right back up where you left off.

Loyal friends are rare. When you find one, hold on tight.

You don't need a lot of friends. You just need the right ones.

A good friend will bail you out of jail. A great friend will be sitting right next to you saying — that was worth it.

Friends buy you food. Best friends eat your food.

A true friend is someone who thinks you're a good egg even though you're slightly cracked.

My friends and I are the kind of crazy that can't be explained — only experienced.

We've been friends so long I can't remember which one of us is the bad influence.

Old friends are like comfortable shoes — you don't have to explain yourself and nothing needs breaking in.

Behind every great man is a best friend rolling his eyes.

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty — since it's there he shows what he's made of.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

Character is not built in the good times. It's revealed in the hard ones.

You can judge a man's character by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Class is doing the right thing when nobody would notice if you didn't.

A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter is not a nice person.

Show me your friends and I'll show you your future.

He's got more excuses than a dog has fleas.

His conscience is clear — mainly because he never uses it.

He's got the integrity of a used car salesman at closing time.

Some people's word is their bond. His word is his suggestion.

Freedom isn't free. Somebody paid for it, and it wasn't you and me alone.

The flag doesn't guarantee you a good life. It guarantees you the chance at one.

Veterans didn't fight for a political party. They fought for every single one of us.

The bravest people I've ever known never talked about being brave.

Some gave all. All gave some. Never forget either one.

This country isn't perfect. But it's still the only place where your story isn't finished just because it started hard.

You don't have to agree with your country on everything. But you ought to be grateful you can disagree out loud.

A country is only as strong as the character of its people.

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

Every generation has to earn freedom all over again.

The greatest threat to any nation isn't from outside its borders. It's from within its character.

Liberty takes about five minutes to lose and a lifetime to get back.

In Texas we don't secede. We just threaten to — and it keeps everybody honest.

America — where you can complain about the government freely, loudly, and on a full stomach.

I'm so patriotic my blood type is Red, White, and Blue.

My buddy Buckshot said he'd never move to another country. He said he couldn't afford the pay cut.

Only in America can a poor kid grow up and complain about rich people on an expensive phone.

Fourth of July is the one day Americans agree on everything — hot dogs, fireworks, and not going to work.

The demons you don't face don't disappear. They just move in and redecorate.

Fear is a liar — and it's been telling you the same lie so long you started to believe it.

The prison with no bars is the hardest one to escape. But the door was never locked.

What you don't confront controls you.

The battle for your life is won or lost between your ears.

Your mind will believe whatever you keep telling it. Tell it something better.

The enemy inside is quieter than the enemy outside — and a whole lot more dangerous.

The eyes don't lie. Look into them long enough and you'll see everything a person is trying not to say.

The eyes are the window to the soul — and sometimes what's behind that window is screaming for help.

A smile can hide almost anything. The eyes never quite finish the job.

You can't heal what you won't reveal.

Courage isn't the absence of fear. It's deciding that something else matters more.

The first step out of the darkness doesn't have to be a big one. It just has to be forward.

You were not put here to just survive. You were put here to live.

Purpose is the antidote to hopelessness. Find yours.

Breaking free starts with believing you deserve to be free.

You can't change what happened to you. But you have everything to say about what happens next.

Fear grows in silence and dies in conversation.

The heaviest chains are the ones nobody else can see.

Helplessness is a feeling, not a fact. Don't confuse the two.

The moment you decide you're worth fighting for — the fight gets easier.

You've been carrying this alone long enough. Put it down. Ask for help. That's not weakness — that's wisdom.

If you don't enjoy today, why do you think you'll like tomorrow?

Stop waiting for your life to start. It already did.

The destination means nothing if you hated the drive.

You'll miss this day someday. Don't waste it wishing for a different one.

Life isn't a dress rehearsal. This is the show.

You don't have to have it all figured out at 25. But you better be working on it.

The twenties are for making mistakes. The thirties are for fixing them. Don't skip either one.

Know what you stand for before somebody else decides for you.

The earlier you figure out what you don't want, the sooner you find what you do.

You can't be everything to everybody. Pick your lane.

Who you spend your time with is who you're becoming. Choose carefully.

Not everybody cheering for you wants you to win.

The people who are hardest on you sometimes love you the most.

Marry somebody you actually like. The love deepens — the like has to already be there.

Learn to live on less than you make. That one habit will change your life.

Your first job won't be your last. But how you do it will follow you.

Don't spend money you don't have to impress people you don't like.

A little saved today is a lot of breathing room tomorrow.

Failure is tuition. Make sure you're learning something.

The comeback is always better than the setback — if you use it right.

Nobody remembers the times you fell. They remember whether you got up.

Your worst day taught you something your best day never could.

Be somebody your younger self would be proud of.

You're going to look back on this someday. Make sure you like what you see.

Start before you're ready. You'll never be as ready as you think you need to be.

Book learning, street learning, and life learning — you need all three.

You may waste a day, maybe even a month — but don’t waste a lifetime.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Humor is the shock absorber of life. It helps you take the bumps.

If you can laugh at yourself, you'll never run out of material.

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

A sense of humor is not a luxury — it's survival equipment.

The person who can make you laugh on your worst day is worth keeping.

At my age, I've earned the right to laugh at just about everything — including myself.

If getting older has taught me anything, it's that nothing is quite as serious as you thought it was at the time.

The older I get, the funnier my problems look in the rearview mirror.

I laugh more now than I ever did when I was young. Turns out wisdom and a sense of humor arrive about the same time.

You can cry about it or laugh about it. Either way it happened.

Humor doesn't mean you don't take things seriously. It means you take yourself less seriously.

The best thing about hitting rock bottom is there's nowhere to go but up — and at some point that becomes funny.

Some days the only appropriate response is to laugh until you feel better or cry until you do. Either works.

I've had days so bad the only sensible thing left to do was laugh.

Find the people who make your stomach hurt from laughing. Hold onto them for dear life.

A good laugh shared with the right person is one of the finest things in this life.

Some people just make everything funnier by being in the room. Be that person.

Never take life so seriously that you forget to enjoy it.

The secret to a long life might just be a short memory and a long laugh.

If you can find the humor in a situation, you haven't lost yet.

Life is too short to be serious all the time. So if you can't laugh at yourself, call me — I will.

Grief is just love with nowhere to go.

You don't get over loss. You get through it — and carry it differently over time.

Missing someone is the price you pay for having loved them. It's worth it.

The ones we lose never really leave — they just change addresses.

Death ends a life. It doesn't end a relationship.

There's no right way to grieve. There's just your way.

Don't let anybody put a timetable on your grief. It moves at its own pace.

Crying doesn't mean you're weak. It means you loved somebody.

Grief comes in waves. Some days it's a ripple. Some days it knocks you flat. Both are normal.

You don't have to be okay today. You just have to get through today.

The best way to honor somebody you've lost is to live the kind of life they'd be proud of.

Tell the stories. Say their name. Keep them in the room.

They may be gone from your sight — but never from your heart.

A person lives on as long as somebody remembers them with love.

Grief is not the end of the story. It's just the hardest chapter.

The sun still rises. Even after the worst nights. Especially after them.

You will laugh again. You will feel joy again. That's not a betrayal — that's healing.

Time doesn't heal everything. But it does give you more room to carry it.

Heaven got a good one. We got the memories.

They didn't leave us empty-handed. They left us full of everything they gave us.

Some people leave footprints on your heart so deep that time can't wash them away.

If love could have saved them, they would have lived forever.

I am at the age where I am losing more friends than I am making. But I will never forget the ones I've lost.

I will never forget the friends I've lost — and I'm still grateful for every new one God sends my way.

Your darkest moment is not your final moment.

The love you had for that person doesn't end. It just moves into a different room of your heart and stays there.

Did you leave this world better than it was when you got here? The good ones usually answer that without being asked.

The greatest compliment anybody ever paid me wasn't about what I knew. It was about how I made them feel.

Maybe it was passion. Maybe it was personality. Maybe it was just caring deeply and letting it show. Whatever it was — I'm grateful somebody noticed.

I was lucky enough that people saw something in me I didn't know was there. I've been trying to live up to it ever since.

God gave me just enough talent and a whole lot of people to cover the rest.

I'm not the smartest person in the room. But I might be the most interested in you.

I've been wrong enough times to stay humble and right enough times to stay confident.

Half of what I know I learned by accident. The other half I'm still figuring out.

I was too dumb to know I couldn't do it — so I just did it.

You can't manufacture sincerity. Either you mean it or you don't.

People can feel when you're genuine. You can't fake it long enough to fool the ones who matter.

A grateful heart is a magnet for good things.

I've been blessed far beyond what I deserved. I try not to forget that.

The greatest gift one person can give another is belief.

Sometimes somebody else has to see your potential before you can see it yourself.

I can't tell people what to do because I'm not that smart. But I can tell them what good people did for life.

If you want to be a good person, you need to see a good person.

The secret to aging well is to keep moving, keep laughing, and never tell your age to anyone who might use it against you.

Getting older is mandatory. Growing old is optional.

Age is just a number. Mine is unlisted.

I don't feel old. I feel experienced.

At my age, everything I own is either paid off or worn out.

The older I get, the less I care what people think — and the more I care about the people who matter.

I used to want more things. Now I want more time with the right people.

Experience doesn't make you old. It makes you valuable.

The most expensive thing in life isn't money. It's the years you can't get back.

The question isn't how long you lived. It's how you lived.

When they talk about you after you're gone, what do you want them to say?

Live your life so that the preacher doesn't have to lie at your funeral.

If his handshake is no good, why would I want his signature?

Manners never went out of style. People just quit using them.

If you want to give your children something special, give them manners.

Saying it and doing it ain't the same thing.

Talk is easy. Follow-through is the whole game.

Anybody can tell you what they're going to do. Not everybody does it.

Anybody can say no. The valuable ones find a way.

Don't bring me problems. Bring me options.

You don't need a lot of people — unless somebody's out there bringing in customers.