He that lives by the sight of the eye may grow blind.

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 limited mind owned by human..requires billions of brains of many generations, before capable enough to understand the truth, the kind of truth which will set us free.

Love truly is the strongest emotion. Find it, hold it and use it

We make our own luck. I believed that, too. We chose our own fate. We controlled our own future. I knew what I wanted. I needed to go get it.

The world is big conspiracy to make you happy.

You must lend an ear today, because we are the leaders of tomorrow

Pilots are drawn to flying because it's a perfect combination of science, romance and adventure.

Never do anything that is unpleasant to others.

Sometimes you meet someone at an inopportune moment and it doesn't work out, but then you see them again five years later and you're in different places and it's a better time.

And kissing him is like sucking on alcohol-soaked feet.

If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.