Growth and change...

If you think the same about things now as you did twenty years ago, partner, you've been spinnin' your wheels. As you grow in knowledge and experience, old ideas give way to new ones. This is good - it's as it should be. If not, your creative system will get clogged up quicker than a ditch full of brush, slow up progress and bog you down.

Truth in politics...

Tryin' to get the truth out of a politician is kinda like chasin' your own shadow; the harder you chase it, the more it wiggles on you.

The difference between wise and windy...

Some fellers' talk 'cause they have something to say; others talk 'cause the have to say something!

Handy...

There's a big difference 'tween pullin' your weight and throwin' it around!

On pessimism

Ya' know the problem with a pessimist is, he thinks the whole world is just like him.

Everything is accomplished with momentum...

The longer you put things off...the longer you put them off. To get in the game, to get going - simply START!

When trying to "trade up" remember...

It's one thing to get all you want in life. For example: big ranch, lots of cattle, pretty horses, fancy truck and so on; it's another to learn to enjoy life and be happy. Few get the first part accomplished, fewer yet, ever figure out the second. Most don't realize that being happier than a puppy with an old shoe is not found in having material things...it comes from within. 

The time is now...

Pard, it ain't ever to late to become the hand in life you want to be.

In the rodeo called life, enter up and give it a shot...

 And remember, what other people think of you is none of your business. Do the best YOU can do and let the chips fall where they may...that's all you can anyway.

Wealth in all areas...

No matter how big a ranch, how many cattle and how much money you have, unless you're successful as a human being, you're not truly successful.