The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.

Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.

Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it quarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who walk into a room and say ‘Here I am’ and those who walk into a room and say, ‘There you are.

I have leveled with the girls - from Anchorage to Amarillo.I tell them that all marriages are happyIt's the living together afterward that's tough.I tell them that a good marriage is not a gift,It's an achievement.that marriage is not for kids It takes guts and maturity.It separates the men from the boys and the women from the girls.I tell them that marriage is tested dily by the ability to compromise.Its survival can depend on being smart enough to know what's worth fighting about.Or making an issue of or even mentioning.Marriage is giving - and more important, it's forgiving.And it is almost always the wife who must do these things.Then, as if that were not enough, she must be willing to forget what she forgave.Often that is the hardest part.Oh, I have leveled all right.If they don't get my message, Buster,It's because they don't want to get it.Rose-colored glasses are never made in bifocalsBecause nobody wants to red the small print in dreams.

Friends with benefits? More than friends? Don't sample the goodies unless you're willing to risk addiction and withdrawal.

When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conslusive evidence that your are wonderful.

Class never runs scared.It is sure-footed and confident.It can handle anything that comes along.Class has a sense of humor.It knows a good laugh is the best lubricant for oiling the machinery of human relations.Class never makes excuses.It takes its lumps and learns from past mistakes.Class knows that good manners are nothing more than a series of small, inconsequential sacrifices.Class bespeaks an aristocracy that has nothing to do with ancestors or money.Some wealthy “blue bloods” have no class, while individuals who are struggling to make ends meet are loaded with it.Class is real.It can’t be faked.Class never tried to build itself by tearing others down.Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.Class can “walk with kings and keep it’s virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.” Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because that person is comfortable with himself.If you have class, you’ve got it made.If you don’t have class, no matter what else you have, it doesn’t make any difference.

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

When life's problems seem overwhelming look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.

If you have a good name if you are right more often than you are wrong if your children respect you if your grandchildren are glad to see you if your friends can count on you and you can count on them in time of trouble if you can face your God and say "I have done my best " then you are a success.

One out of four people in this country is mentally imbalanced. Think of your three closest friends and if they seem okay then you're the one.

The best things in life aren't things.

You need that guy like a giraffe needs a strep throat.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work so most people don't recognize them.

Know thyself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

Hate is like acid. It can damage the vessel in which it is stored as well as destroy the object on which it is poured.

When life's problems seem overwhelming look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead that is where your future lies.

Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.

Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.

If you have a good name if you are right more often than you are wrong if your children respect you if your grandchildren are glad to see you if your friends can count on you and you can count on them in time of trouble if you can face your God and say "I have done my best " then you are a success.

If you have a good name if you are right more often than you are wrong if your children respect you if your grandchildren are glad to see you if your friends can count on you and you can count on them in time of trouble if you can face your God and say "I have done my best " then you are a success.

Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.