God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.

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.

In a Universe with infinite possibilities we don't have to have our hearts set on just one.

Has it not occurred to you that, conversely, other people do not have your difficulties because they do not react as you do to what happens?

Hath any wounded thee with injuries? Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound; soft language dresses it.

It is by avoiding future sin that we retain a remission of the sins of the past.

The universe expects every man to do his duty in his parallel of latitude.

Candle needs darkness to show his talents. Good shines only beside the bad; it will disappear when the bad disappears. Where there is no darkness, candle is forgotten.

To get more clarity, take a step in the direction of the destination.

The next 10 to 20 years will bring Native cultural expressions to the body of Christ that will be a tremendous blessing to many.

What pornographic literature does is precisely to drive a wedge between one's existence as a sexual being - while in ordinary life a healthy person is one who prevents such a gap from opening up

The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.