A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.

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.

When good times turn out way bigger than you first expected, that's when you know you're on a roll!

To deny kingdom realities is not to pay the price

Our country is the only one that truly permits you to speak bad of your country, so you really shouldn’t say anything bad about it.

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

Cooperation is always more powerful than competition.

The media is almost entirely about defining the subject, defining the citizen, as one of three things: a consumer, a threat in this new age of surveillance, or as utterly disposable. Excess.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

Honest and sincere acts mislead the wicked and cause them to lose their path to their own goals, because mean-spirited people usually believe that people never act without deceit.

People become what they expect themselves to become

I sang and wrote songs when I was 12 years old.