It is not pride when the beech-tree refuses to copy the oak. He knows his limitations. The only chance of any healthy life for him is to be as full a beech-tree as he can.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for wings.

O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

O, do not pray for easy lives.

Unto you is bornin the city of Davida Savior for all.

One must eliminate the traditional and cling to the essential.

When I find a role I want to play, I just go after it.

Advocacy groups, politicians, and bureaucrats use the government to advance their private good instead of the common good.

We are not at the mercy of events that transpired in our childhood unless we believe we are.

Every inventor is a crackpot until his idea succeeds.

I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love.

Me not working hard? Yeah, right - picture that with a Kodak.

Admiration and love are like being intoxicated with champagne; judgment and friendship are like being enlivened.

The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.