Let every man come to God in his own way.

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 those days we did not trust anyone who had not been in the war, but we did notcompletely trust anyone.

I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.

A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.

No-one wants to see anybody fail in life.

guess they forgot to program us with any respect for authority." "well, I have a highly developed sense of irony.

So far as I have myself observed, the distinctive character of a child is to live always in the tangible present.

It's hard because people think they have something to lose and the truth is they have everything to gain in trying to love somebody.

Russian ladies, for the most part, cherish only Platonic love, without mingling any thought of matrimony with it; and Platonic love is exceedingly embarrassing.

Players aren't quite as intimidated by my name.

I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.