Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.

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.

In nuclear war all men are cremated equal.

The number of kids affected by obesity has tripled since 1980, and this can be traced in large part to lack of exercise and a healthy diet.

Put simply, what I'd like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everybody's who is willing to work for it.

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

You don't have to lay an egg to know if it tastes good.

Zero Mostel wasn't afraid of authority in any form, and that's the part that influenced me the most.

The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

Have you thought that your willingness to forgive is really your affirmation of the power of God to do you good?

It's a very bizarre thing to have people very concerned with your life, but I don't mind it because all that says to me is that they care about the show, and I can't ask for anything more than that.