I've been wanting to have my own family since I was young. It just took me a while to find the perfect woman.

Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.

Man shall not live by bread alone.

I know who I am. And after all these years, there's a victory in that.

The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: 'If the door's shut, don't come a-knockin.' But if it's open and you're walkin' by, feel free to say, 'Hello.'

It's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates.

The older you get, the more rules they’re gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin’ man, l-i-v-i-n’

Give thanks. Appreciate what you DO have ... the more we give thanks, the more we receive to be thankful for. Gratitude is the gift that always gives back.

Life is not fair, it never was and it is now and it won't ever be. Do not fall into the trap. The entitlement trap, of feeling like you're a victim. You are not.

Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It's also the dangerous part and it's an ugly emotion that hurts.

There's a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.

IT IS NOT ABOUT SYMPATHY OR LIKEABILITY, EITHER. EMPATHY IS ABOUT THE TRANSLATION OF FEELING.

No good story is quite true.

If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.

Life is precious, fragile, fleeting - and Murphy's life was one of my favorites.

A good marriage (if any there be) refuses the conditions of love and endeavors to present those of amity.

My father and I marched with Martin Luther King Jr. through the streets of Detroit.

[John] Calvin's Institutes is often called a summary of Christian piety. You can't say that about many modern works of theology. You can say it of Calvin.

If there is one thing educators can agree on, it's this: children do better in school when their parents get involved in their learning.

Even the upper end of the river believes in the ocean.