To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained that there were too many prehistoric toads in it.

Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better.

There are two things nobody should ever have to watch being made, sausage and laws.

The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.

To be great, truly great, you have to be the kind of person who makes the others around you great.