The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

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.

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.

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

The worst kind of victim was the kind that was aware of nothing.

Always appreciate what you have and what you are.Don't cry because of a problem, cry for the power to face a challenge...

As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can wear you down.

Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.

The economy is not the problem, how people respond is the problem!

Which is more misshapen,--religion without virtue, or virtue without religion?

There was never any point at which I was considering leaving Harry Potter. If I were to stop acting, it would have been after.

How much you discipline your mind to step out of its routines and look into new ways of doing things that you haven't yet adopted, is what will determine your economic potential.

There is no must in art because art is free.