42 Quotes by Jimmy Dean

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

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

Do what you say you’re going to do. And try to do it a little bit better than you said you would.

I won’t go hunting with you, Jake, but I’ll go chasing women.

Be yourself. Because if people don’t like you as you are, they’re not going to like you as somebody you’re trying to be.

I’ve seen a jillion miracles. They’re all around. Every green leaf is a miracle.

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.

A lot of things I am, and a lot of things I am not. But I think I’m about as good an American as there is. I love this country. It’s been very, very good to me. And it will be good to anybody if they are willing to give of themselves.

Do what you say you're going to do. And try to do it a little better than you said you would.