I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name, but this is the only instance I have ever known of a man signing his name and forgetting to write the letter.

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.

Acceptance of the danger is of the essence for playing a quality sport.

We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.

I do wear suits all the time.

I'm the guilty one for uttering those terrible, ugly words.

I created Evel Knievel, and then he sort of got away from me.

Your grandpa was a boxer in his youth. Sexiest thing I'd ever seen, let me tell you. He wore these short little shorts, and sweat was always dripping down his hairy chest.

If the women in the factories stopped work for twenty minutes, the Allies would lose the war.

Poetry is to be found nowhere unless we carry it within us.

Remember, politicians get votes by promising everything to everyone, always at the expense of some other invisible taxpayers.

I've always believed that parents are not for leaning upon, but rather exist to make leaning unnecessary.