A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he see a more expressive grace and symmetry; and where is there a more kingly flower?

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

-Money? in a voice that rustled.

And then what's the whole point if you're harsh to those who love you and soft to those who don't care...

Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.

Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.

The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science.

So live for the kingdom of God. Seek to bring glory to Jesus Christ and the Lord will use you. It is my prayer, my constant and daily prayer, that God would keep me useable.

I drive a car till it turns to dust, then I sweep up the dust and ride on the dust.

I belong to the public. The public made me. The public can break me. I owe them my life.

Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

Enlightenment is finding that there is nothing to find. Enlightenment is to come to know that there is nowhere to go.