All things in the natural world symbolize God, yet none of them speak of Him but in broken and imperfect words.

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.

The one kiss that was stolen, was given in a lie.

If a little hill of happiness would satisfy Chris, good for him. Butafter all these years of striving, hoping, dreaming, longing-I wanted amountain high! A hill wasn't enough.

Courage is a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger and a mental willingness to endure it.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal.

You don't give something away because it's fat. You take it and you look at it.

My shows will always be inspired by hip hop culture and my upbringing within it.

And I will make thee beds of roses, And a thousand fragrant posies.

God's purpose for man is to acquire a seeing eye and an understanding heart.

Most films made about the future acquiesce toward death, and I don't want to be told how to define my future.