I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent.

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.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

Heroism of your father doesn't make you a hero, heroism of you doesn't make your son a hero.

A real prison breakfast" I said."Yeah, but we are free."And that summed it up.

Life is going to beat you up, it wouldn't be fair if you didn't throw some punches back at it

If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other.

Vin: I don't know -- and it's all your fault, you know. I used to understand everything. Now it's all confused. Kelsier: Yes, we've messed you up right properly.

We might all be so afraid to be who we are, but in the end, it's really you're individual, unique qualities that make you attractive to people.

You're just a natural beehive, filled with honey to the top. Well, I ain't greedy baby, all I want is all you got.

The most cost-effective move we could make in defense spending would be to shift the focus of CIA operations, giving this agency the directive to make trouble for the Soviet Union.

When sperm and egg unite, something goes from inanimate to animate. It is life.