Not another flag has such an errand, carrying everywhere, the world around, such hope for freedom such glorious tidings.

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.

Sometimes God makes better choices for us than we could have ever made for ourselves.

The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.

I might be broke but I am not Broken

I love sleep. I need sleep. We all do, of course. There are those people that don't need sleep. I think they're called 'successful.

Somedays you just have to create your own sunshine.

Only worry about things that are within your control

In wine there is health (In vino sanitas)

I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell

I see things, that's all. Write enough stories and every shadow on the floor looks like a footprint; every line in the dirt like a secret message.

Goodbye Darcy, goodbye Jean, goodbye stone cottage, scratchy towels, fields of wildflowers; good bye gorgeous Peak District ... OK English People, for your own good, get off the roads, here we come!