Reason is a permanent blessing of God to the soul. Without it there can be no large religion.

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.

Don't make rash decisions while the world is dark. Wait for the light to make all things clear.

It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter.

I don't think I'm ever afraid, but I doubt myself often. Because of that doubt, I constantly strive to make myself better.

Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary.

A prayerful heart and an obedient heart will learn, very slowly and not without sorrow, to stake everything on God Himself.

I want to give producers more financial security.

What was happening was the war on drugs. That was the primary culprit I could see that was getting in the way of black progress.

If there is one thing I have learned during my years as a professional, it is that the only thing constant about golf is its inconstancy.

For anyone who is not white in America, the affronts are virtually across the board.

People change all the time whether you like it or not.