The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself.

We can ast for comfort and hope and patience and courage . . . and we’ll git what we ast for. They ain’t no gar’ntee thet we ain’t go’n have no troubles and ain’t go’n die. But shore as frogs croak and cows bellow, God’ll forgive us if’n we ast Him to.

Staring GirlI once knew a girlwho would just stand there and stare.At anyone or anything,she seemed not to careShe'd stare at the ground,She'd stare at the sky.She'd stare at you for hours,and you'd never know why.But after winning the local staring contest,she finally gave her eyesa well-deserved rest.

The strength of a man isn't seen in the power of his arms. It's seen in the love with which he EMBRACES you.

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.

...and Jo laid the rustling sheets together with a careful hand, as one might shut the covers of a lovely romance, which holds the reader fast till the end comes, and he finds himself alone in the work-a-day world again.

'You are no saint,' says the devil. Well, if I am not, I am a sinner, and Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Sink or swim, I go to Him; other hope, I have none.

More people die from the hunger of love than from the lack of food.

Buy a pup and your money will buyLove unflinching that cannot lie.

My book 'Ali Pasha' tells the true story of a young sailor Henry Friston, who, in the hell-fire of battle, forms an unusual friendship.

Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.

Two empty chairs are not a good use of space. Fill them up with love.

You are like nobody since I love you.

Athletes tend to have less of a sense of humor than most people. They are heroes to so many. That might be part of it.

All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find what he seeks.

Keep your eyes on the future, because that's where the answers are. It's where the hope is.