A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.

- Cullen Hightower

A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.

- Cullen Hightower

Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues.

- Cullen Hightower

Faith is building on what you know is here, so you can reach what you know is there.

- Cullen Hightower

Saying what we think gives a wider range of conversation than saying what we know.

- Cullen Hightower

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

- Cullen Hightower

The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.

- Cullen Hightower

The true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.

- Cullen Hightower

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

- Cullen Hightower

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.

- Cullen Hightower

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.

- Cullen Hightower

There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.

- Cullen Hightower

There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else.

- Cullen Hightower

Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.

- Cullen Hightower