“Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.”

“Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.”

“I made more money yesterday than I ever thought I'd make in an entire lifetime. But it's like somebody's going to take it all away from me and I'll be back in Texas, installing them damned irrigation wells. I didn't like that when I was sixteen. And I know I wouldn't like it when I'm eighty.”

“Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.”

“God is bigger than people think.”

“My favorite song? 'Amazing Grace.' Anybody singing it. But the best it'll ever be done is by the Scottish National Pipe band and their National Orchestra. It'll bring tears to your eyes.”

“I went further on less talent than anyone, but I was a damned good entertainer.”

“Nobody, man or woman, has ever wrecked a good marriage.”

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

“You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.”

“Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.”