If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.

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.

This is Annabeth, ” Jason said. “Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people.

The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.

Even if you don't release it, find a scream. It's so liberating. You can do anything then. It’s like you can fly. It gives you superpowers.

Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good.

With a horror movie, you want to know where the engine of the fear is coming from. Like in comedy, you want to know what the engine that's going to make the comedy - where that's coming from.

There are things we know and things we don't know about food. But there are certain basic things we do know, and that's what I've tried to build these rules on.

I really, really don't think that, outside of maybe some pink wigs, [that] there's anything that separates me from every other woman in America.

Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.

Ripe bananas are the mark of a good produce section. A good produce section is the mark of a superior grocery store. A superior grocery store is the mark of a good man.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.