A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them.

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.

So Now You're Death: Here's What You'll Need

THE most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me

I think that 60 percent of inspiration is organization.

In late [Bob] Dylan, music is the key to immortality, even though the summer days are long gone.

My gratitude towards fans has always been sitting itself deep down there in my heart.

You Look so much better When You Smile - so smile.

claire:shes floating whats wrong with that shane:Nothing but she didnt even insult me now thats just wrong.it desturbs me.

When I sing, I try to live the song or live the emotion of the song. The space I'm in doesn't exist. It's another world.

Churches are wonderful and beautiful, and they are vehicles for religion, but no Church can have more than a very little of the truth.

It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.