The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

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.

Stimulated by the juice, I believe, men have even been known to ride alligators.

The elderly become invisible sooner than we would hope.

BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined.

I know God can cut it (popularity) off in a minute.

The public is entitled to know whether or not I am married to Jack The Ripper.

Good sound habits are more important than rules - use concepts.

The more money you take away from families is the less power that family has. And that's a basic power.

I had just settled Grandma on her folding chair and popped open our box lunch when the corpse floated by.

I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.