Many a man has been dined out of his religion, and his politics, and his manhood, almost.

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.

Life is full of chances, don't miss yours today.

A good newspaper is a nation talking to itself.

I'd never seen [Haughton] Forrest's work before until I came across it on the front of an ANZ book. I then researched a whole lot of his work.

...you never possess a cat; you are allowed to be in a cat's life, which, of course, is a privilege.

We're generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments.

Mankind advances only through struggle.

It is observed by Cicero, that men of the greatest and most shining parts are most actuated by ambition.

Listen, I've always been very headstrong.

I love Allah: I have no time left in which to hate the devil.

I was never that big a rock-and-roll, rock guy. I really preferred jazz, you know, that kind of thing.