Many men are stored full of unused knowledge. Like loaded guns that are never fired off, or military magazines in times of peace, they are stuffed with useless ammunition.

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.

When you're given a brilliant child you polish her and let her shine. Pigs in Heaven

Time is what we have in this life, and how we use it determines what our life is.

What people need and what they want may be very different.... Teachers are those who educate the people to appreciate the things they need.

Only to live, to live and live! Life, whatever it may be!

I have been the most religious person since I was 2 years old. I always felt this crazy connection to God.

Once you know about a work of mine you own it. There's no way I can climb inside somebody's head and remove it.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.

Whenever there is a conflict between being right and being kind, if possible, choose being kind.

A Hospital isn't any place to end up being sick.

Make the metronome your friend, not your enemy.