Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.

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.

As water changes its shape according to the shape of the vessel, I change myself by changing my thoughts.

The best time to start giving your children money is when they will no longer eat it. Basically, when they don't put it in their mouths, they can start putting it in their bank.

No matter what does, or doesn't, happen for me in the music industry, getting to play the Opry as a kid was always be a highlight of mine.

Once you get over that peak of puberty, you hit a nice stride.

Statistical high Vegas odds probability is that nothing of any significance will ever happen to you in your entire boring life.

Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don't take your thoughts too seriously.

Without bigots, eccentrics, cranks and heretics the world would not progress.

Have there ever been more submissive slaves? Adoring, even in their irons, the God who punishes them.

Consider calling it a challenge rather than calling it a crisis.

Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Elegance comes of no breeding, but of birth.