Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

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.

I am a living breathing word of GOD.

I had a love affair with life, and as is the custom, I will lose, but will regain a greater love with my heavenly Father.

I grew up doing musical theater.

I have very little debt to anybody. I don't need debt.

Do not delay, Do not delay: the golden moments fly!

What do I think of L.A.? It's boring, with some amazing nuggets. Like there are some parts of it that are great, but by and large I think it's quite boring.

There are various ways you might define the common good, but that would be one way you could do it.

Even my great grand-mother did impressions

I am not successful, in terms of Hollywood.

Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own.