Good men are not those who now and then do a good act, but men who join one good act to another.

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.

The problem with freedom is that when people have it, they do what they want to.

Those who say they don't have the time to take care of their skin, will sooner or later have to find the time for corrective treatments.

always see the goodness in others for it will sent you to righteousness, .. Amen

He smiled at me, and that smile -- he just gets in. His smile did it every time.

Art is a reflection of poetry and beauty of the heart and mind without the use of any words.

All great cathedrals began their building by the placement of a single stone. The building unit of a great society is the individual.

If months were marked by colors, November in New England would be colored gray.

I don't listen to recordings of my songs. I don't avoid it, I just don't go out of my way to do it.

Happiness and unhappiness are not primarily created by the material world or the physical body. First and foremost, they are decisions of the mind.