Life is a plant that grows out of death.

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.

My dear cousin has a very odd relationship with fear -- though mostly she's too busy to be bothered with it.

Beautiful feelings soar freely, while true care roots deeply. Real love can only bedefined by them both.

She raised herself up on an elbow, stroked my forehead & said in a hushed half-whisper, 'You will be famous.' "The seed was planted. Ambition fed on the compost of my vanity.

In short, the animal and vegetable lines, diverging widely above, join below in a loop.

But my attitude about it is I have miles to go before I sleep.

There was a time when "sound as a dollar" was a description, not a joke.

Ronaldinho was virtually unstoppable at his best, as a forward or a playmaker.

Insomnia: A contagious disease often transmitted from babies to parents.

I may have implied on several occasions to several different people that I may have been Jesus Christ, but I haven't decided yet what I am or who I am.

We imagine that the admiration of the works of celebrated men has become common, because the admiration of their names has become so.