Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.

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.

Those who pretend as if they don't love you, are the ones who would hate to see you love another person.

The true value of something is the portion of your life you are willing to trade for it.

I always said what I thought and I didn't hold anything back.

At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.

One must love people a good deal whom one takes pains to convince or instruct.

I can't rhyme for little green apples. What I can do is scan and make patterns.

We must ride this strange torpedo out until the end.

A cookie has no soul, it's just a cookie. But before it was milk and eggs. And in eggs there's the potential for life.

There are no authors in my genre. No one is doing what I do.

I really felt sometimes like I was physically pulling the plot, and it was heavy. I'm sure it didn't look great that I was going into my dressing room at lunch.