Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

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.

No matter how many lies you use to disguise it or how many excuses you bury it beneath, the truth will never cease to be true.

I do admit there have been times when I have made a statement that was incorrect.

I've written about 15 screenplays and they all sold - they were all sold on pitches.

There is an air of last things, a brooding sense of impending annihilation, about so much deconstructive activity, in so many of its guises; it is not merely postmodernist but preapocalyptic.

Life is strange. Every so often a good man wins.

Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief.

I think we're going to have to forget about the radio and just go back to word of mouth.

I judge people by their own principles..not by my own

Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant—better left unstirred.

In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.