Rain! whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains.

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.

The truth of the matter is a matter of knowing and abiding by the truth.

The Truth is, “One sky, all human's !

But it's the simple and the good that are meant to suffer in this world—ain't it, though!

animals never worry about Heaven or Hell. neither do I. maybe that's why we get along

There is one word that can change weakness into strength

Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.

I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything.

No club moves me from Chelsea until Chelsea wants me to move because I want to be where I am loved.

I love going out for any audition. I'm very professional, I study my stuff, I work on it, and even if I'm not right for the job, so what? I know I did my best.

If we devote ourselves to the life at hand, the rest will follow. For life, it seems, reveals itself through those willing to live. Anything else, no matter how beautiful, is just advertising.