S.L. Jennings Quotes

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

There's always one more way to do things and that's your way, and you have a right to try it at least once.

I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.

I'm just a man, no more or no less. Bad as the worst, good as the best.

Ladies love outlaws, like babies love stray dogs. Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold, outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul.

When I look at you girl, I see a true work of art. So many beautiful things coming in one little heart.

Country music isn't a guitar, it isn't a banjo, it isn't a melody, it isn't a lyric. It's a feeling.

Each tomorrow will depend on the love you give today.

Take your tongue out of my mouth, I'm kissing you good-bye.

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.

So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.

If you see me getting smaller, I'm leaving, don't be grieving, just gotta get away from here. If you see me getting smaller, don't worry, and no hurry, I've got the right to disappear.

If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.

Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.

I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart.

Honesty is something you can't wear out.

There's always one more way to do something-- your way.

We got a lot of politicians up there on Capital Hill. Ain't it funny how they prosper while the country stands still?

To me a guitar is kind of like a woman. You don't know why you like 'em but you do.

If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones.

Lately I've heard rumors that the eagle may be lame. Just because I've been idle, don't mean that I'm tame.

I ain't got no reverse. I've learned, a little later in life, it works out pretty good to have one every once in a while.

If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.

I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment. My mindset is: If I'm not out there training, someone else is.

Running reminded me exactly who I am and what I am made of.

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.

The only two things in life that make it worth livin' / Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women

All those songs are totally timeless. They'll always stand up because they came from a real place. They weren't crafted songs. They were written from the heart.

The Hank Williams Syndrome: Come to Nashville, write some good songs, cut some hit records, make money, take all the drugs you can and drink all you can, become a wild man and all of a sudden die.

I might be an endangered species.

Love and time, those are the only two things in all the world and all of life that cannot be bought, but only spent.

I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

Eratosthenes, the mapmaker who was the first man to accurately measure the size of the Earth, was a librarian.

All the ills from which America suffers can be traced back to the teaching of evolution. It would be better to destroy every other book ever written, and save just the first three verses of Genesis.

There will be good days and bad, which means that some days I may be cranky and some days really cranky!

This world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.

Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.

I can't walk, so I can't go home. No need to talk, cause I'm all alone. If I stay here they're gonna lock me in, hitting the bottle again.

Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.

Collect adventures and experiences to reminisce about…go to far places, meet new people, eat exotic foods, enjoy all varieties of women, look on unfamiliar landscapes, see new things.

Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love.

No one can earn a million dollars honestly.

Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.

Got my Allman Brothers cassettes stacked up on the dash, got some Jack back in the trunk and a tank full of gas.

He gave us all a mind to think with and to know what's right or wrong, he is that inner spirit that keeps us strong.

Those neon light nights, couldn't stay out of fights, keeps a-haunting me in memories. There is one in every crowd, for crying out loud, why was is always turning out to be me?

I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.

This is getting funny, but there ain't nobody laughing.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.