Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer.

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.

Love is like stocks, if you don't want to suffer loss quickly, you better diversify!

Make the most of the moments with those you love, it's once upon a person to Live and then Die. Give them the most precious gift of all Time!

I like performing because it's direct contact with live people. I write a good deal of the time but that's introspective creation rather than interaction.

To save and maintain the beauty of nature

It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.

It is a bad temper of mind that takes delight in opposition.

Peace is a virgin who dare not show her face without Strength, her father, for protection.

One of the things that happens to people in grief is they secretly think they're crazy, because they realize they are thinking things that don't make sense.

Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.

Where there is no peace, prayers are not heard.