The phrase "You can't win 'em all" is some pretty solid advice. You'll never be able to gain the approval of every person you meet, and to attempt to do so is futile.

Jim Nabors worked hard to earn his success and the worldwide appeal that came with it. Nabors won audiences over with his character of Gomer Pyle in series like The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Later, Nabors charmed crowds just by being himself in The Jim Nabors Hour. By the time the actor moved away from show business, you would be hard-pressed to find someone who didn't love Jim Nabors.

However, Nabors had a difficult time with the realization that there would be people who didn't like him. This problem wasn't due to any arrogance on his part, but rather the actor's own amiable nature.

"The hardest thing for me to accept was that everyone didn't like me," said Nabors during an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer. "I just couldn't understand that. Heck, I like everyone. Well, almost everyone."

But while Nabors couldn't win everyone's approval, he certainly performed his fair share of good deeds, adding merit to his character. For example, once the actor finally achieved fame and fortune, he used that money to take his family on the vacation they had always wanted and deserved.

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"I've always enjoyed traveling," said Nabors. "But there was a time when I couldn't afford it. And when you're traveling like this...when you're working...you don't get to see a thing. I guess the other reward is that I was finally able to do something for my family. We sure didn't have much going for us for a long time. Heck, my mother worked as a waitress in one of those truck-stop restaurants seven nights a week for seventeen years, so the kids could go to college. You have to appreciate something like that."

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