He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

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.

So because you are converting it, you are grabbing back your life.

You'll be able to find the strength to love someone just that much again once you've recovered from the heartbreak

Older doesn't always mean wiser. It just means that you've had more time to do the same things over and over again- right, wrong, and different.

It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman.

Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.

Strong families are not an accident...They take thought and intention and preparation and skill.

When real revival happens, it changes the moral climate of a community...because we've turned from our wicked ways.

I love the intimacy of making movies. The focus is deeper and much more intense than musical theatre.

Every time you make a movie it's an adventure.

I lack the peace of simple things. I am never wholly in place. I find no peace or grace. We sell the world to buy fire, our way lighted by burning men.