I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

Somebody said he came from New Orleans, where he got in a fight over a Cajun queen. And a crushing blow from a huge right hand, sent a Louisiana fella to the Promised Land.

I've seen a jillion miracles. They're all around. Every green leaf is a miracle.

I used to help my granddaddy make sausage. He would mix it up in a cleaned-out washtub with his hands, no gloves. Man, if we did anything like that today, they would jack the jail up and throw us under it.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

A lot of things I am, and a lot of things I am not. But I think I'm about as good an American as there is. I love this country. It's been very, very good to me. And it will be good to anybody if they are willing to give of themselves.

Do what you say you're going to do. And try to do it a little bit better than you said you would.