Failure is a school in which the truth always grows strong.

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.

Taking a shaky breath, I spoke. “Well, recently, I learned how much my words affect people, even if it’s just one word.

See, winners embrace hard work.

Obamacare would never have passed without decades of massive immigration from the Third World. Liberals didn't change any minds - they changed the voters.

My older brother was involved in the folk movement. We would gather every weekend in Washington Park. The folk songs were so important to my reality.

I'm a huge, huge believer in love. Huge!

What do you do after you go to space, more importantly? You can't go to a more intense, awesome thing. That's the end.

As they say, when a man begins to have bad luck, even clabber can break his head.

Truth to me is infinitely dearer than the 'mahatmaship' which is purely a burden.

I have a vision for living. It's about elements of style. It's about all the things that I love, that I believe in.

I don't believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution.