If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows.

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.

When you're lost in space

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

if we possess a why of life we can put up with almost any how.

I'm very down-to-earth and approachable, and I can be one of the guys and watch sports... I like to cook - I'm like the girl next door.

Who are next to knaves? Those that converse with them.

The beautiful thing about calling out to your Lord is that you don't always have to put your feelings into words

That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.

Nothing has gotten me out of Philadelphia. I moved 20 minutes away from Philly. That's about it.

I'm honored to be at the side of Michele Bachmann. She is a great congresswoman. She is a great human being, and she is a true American patriot.

We noticed that, but in reality we have to take it one game at a time.