“As we talk about the need to foster academic achievement, we must recognize and reward those who strive academically, just as we honor athletic champions.”

Whenever a day comes when I can stand and preach God’s Word without an agony of anxiety lest the people will not accept Christ; whenever a day comes when I can see men and women coming down the aisles without joy in my heart, I’ll quit preaching.

I want to preach the gospel so plainly that men can come from the factories and not have to bring along a dictionary.

The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.

The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow. It promises prosperity and sends adversity. It promises happiness and sends misery…. It is God’s worst enemy and the devil’s best friend.

I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic.

You can’t measure manhood with a tape line around the biceps.

If you want to drive the devil out of the world, hit him with a cradle instead of a crutch

I tell you that the curse of God Almighty is on the saloon.

I have more respect for the devil than for some preachers I have met; the devil believes the Bible is the Word of God!

Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first.

When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep.

The mother of Moses did more for the world than all the kinds that Egypt ever had. Oh, you wait until you reach the mountains of eternity, then read the mothers’ names in God’s Hall of Fame.

The Bible says forgive your debtors; the world says “sue them for their dough.”

I am a temperance Republican down to my toes.

Let’s quit fiddling with religion and do something to bring the world to Christ.

I dare not exercise personal liberty if it infringes on the liberty of others.

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.

People don’t realize that I’m mobile, athletic and strong-armed.

You have to transfer your success on the track to your education, because you don’t want to waste what you did athletically once your athletic career is over.

I have outlived most of my more athletic contemporaries who jogged, golfed and squashed themselves into coronary occlusion.

I never saw an athletic girl that thought she was strong enough to do indoor work.

There is no gaming table in the world where loaded dice are tolerated, no athletic field where men must not start fair.

I’m an athletic actor. I’m known for my action; I’m a guy who does my own stunts on screen.

In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’