Genius is a steed too fiery for the plow or the cart.

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.

How can you be one of the stars of heaven, when the stars are innumerable? What star number do you have?

Every single aspect of what we do at work comes down to people and managing people, selling to people, working with people or making them do what you want them to do.

One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes.

It is the leader's role to lift followers out of their everyday selves up to a higher level of awareness, motivation, and commitment.

If we only spent more of our time in looking at Him we should soon forget ourselves.

There are circumstances in which despair does not imply inactivity.

Gastronomy has to catch up to the evolution in technology.

There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.

The artist is the man in any field, scientific or humanistic, who grasps the implications of his actions and of new knowledge in his own time. He is the man of integral awareness.

It is a shame for a person to have been a Christian for years but not to have advanced beyond the knowledge of his salvation.