Nature holds an immense uncollected debt over every man's head.

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.

He says every story has at least some truth in it, even if most are made up.

Bad is always afraid of good and that is the reason why bad tries to eliminate good!

I tend to write songs fast, so the process usually only lasts around 30 minutes. In the studio is where I really can artistically breathe, and let my ideas flow.

Even when people capitalize my name, I don't freak out, even though that would not be my choice.

I hope you either take up parachute jumping or stay out of single motored airplanes at night.

I think, like, Twitter is somewhat difficult sometimes, and it can be kind of negative.

I like the sitcom, as a structure.

she wanted to dance with someone who would embrace her in the way she dreamed of since adolescence.

I realized when I was taking care of my problems that the band is all I really care about.

For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man’s wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.