I've learned... That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before she passed away.

Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.

My wife uses fabric softener. I never knew what that stuff was for. Then I noticed women coming up to me, sniffing, then saying under their breath, "Married!" and walking away. Fabric Softeners are how our wives mark their territory. We can take off the ring, but it's hard to get that April fresh scent out of your clothes.

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

I've learned... That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.

I often pass a farm with cows grazing in the field and I think to myself how terrible it is that human beings grow other animals just to kill them and eat them. Most of us think of vegetarians as nuts and I'm not a vegetarian but I wouldn't be surprised if we came to a time in 50 or 100 years when civilized people everywhere refused to eat animals.