God makes the life fertile by disappointments, as he makes the ground fertile by frosts.

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.

Whatever you have chosen to be your priority, set a time to it and be focused on achieving it.

It's not enough to 'like' and retweet. Best we express our love to all that we meet.

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.

Where are the one billion people who lived and breathed in the year 1800, only two short centuries ago?

An area of life that does not have hope is under a lie.

I will be putting out a fragrance - I'm following in the great steps of Puff Daddy.

The fundamental business of the country, that is production and distribution of commodities, is on a sound and prosperous basis.

As the lead of a movie, you really set the tone off-camera as well, and that's a really big responsibility.

I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.