It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

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.

There is no substitute for your impassioned prayers on behalf of your children

I am not doing anything special, Just struggling with my Present to make my Future enjoyable.

They should make earplugs for people who are grieving, so we don't have to hear the stupid things people say, but I'd look like a dork in them." -Corinna

... one fire burns out another’s burning.One pain is lessened by another’s anguish. -Romeo & Juliet

I'm a bit of a romantic. In theory!

Mistakes are a drag, because you get in the area of regret and self-pity.

The worst thing that can be done to children is to drain their energy while correcting them.

It's not what you say, but how you say it!

To see itself through, music must have idea or magic. ... Music with neither dies young though rich.

The dinner party is a suburban form of entertainment. Its spread in our big cities represents an insidious Fifth Column suburbanization of the metropolis.