Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.

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.

Despite our disapproval with what God allows us to endure, he still remains the same God that is not interested in our convenience, as much as our character.

The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men.

A dark horse, which had never been thought of, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph.

The brain rewards us for interacting with beautiful things. In this way, evolution wants to encourage us to do what is good for us.

I could go to juvie instead of real prison.

Girls do what their mothers tell them. Ladies do what society tells them. Women make up their own minds.

Don't see yourself as a product of your parents DNA, but rather as a brand new idea from heaven.

Wit is like caviar - it should be served in small portions and not spread about like marmalade.

All the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and amusement.

Gem of all joy, jasper of jocundity.