You win some, lose some, and wreck some.

The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose.

Two of my favorite things are my steering wheel and my Remington rifle.

When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible.

You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either.

You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.

The only way to be productive is to be positive.

If my wheel comes off and I hit the fence real hard, I get to whack every damn one of you with a hammer.

Second place is just the first place loser.

I'm just trying not to get run over. That's number one. Number two is you gotta catch the guy in front of ya.

I've already done enough to have earned 'good driver,' so if I can be known as a great person and a good driver, that's better than only being a great driver.

Only debt is forever.

Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

One cannot be a part-time nihilist.

What is meant by believing in Christ but just going with trusting and loving hearts, and committing to His love and power ourselves, our souls, and all that concerns us for time and eternity?

You must develop the habit of skepticism, not swallow every piece of superstition you are told by witch-doctors and professors.

I don't have a director. The audience directs me.

In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.

Only this much I knew - that under ideal conditions, true education could be imparted only by the parents, and that then there should be the minimum of outside help.

Depression hangs over me as if I were Iceland.