- Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] It was spring on Waltons Mountain, that special time when all of life seeks and finds its own renewal and strength; a time when the season, like the mountain, calls back those whose lives have taken them so many miles and years away from the land. One of those who was called back in that spring of 1933 was my mother's uncle. His name was Cody Nelson and he'd come all the way home from Cinncinnati, Ohio.
- Radio News Announcer: [on the Walton's radio] And now for the seven o'clock news. As the nation's banks remain closed with no word yet as to when they might open their doors again, a grim, determined president assembled the 73rd Congress in an extraordinary session.
- Olivia Walton: You're looking mighty pleased with yourself.
- John Walton, Sr.: Well, I got myself the prettiest woman in the world, a house full of thoroughbred babies, and I just sold two dollars worth of firewood.
- Olivia Walton: Aren't you keeping any for yourself? What are you gonna live on?
- John Walton, Sr.: Woman, I'm living on love.
- Ben Walton: [Final lines] John-Boy, what happens if you get married to a girl and find out you don't like her?
- John-Boy Walton: You better make sure you love her before you get married, Ben.
- Ben Walton: Yeah, but maybe there's things you might not know about her. Like maybe she sleeps with her teddy bear, or snores, or wears socks to bed.
- John-Boy Walton: If you really love her, you'll put up with such things, Ben.
- Ben Walton: Yuck.
- John-Boy Walton: Good night, Ben.
- Ben Walton: Good night, John-Boy.