The meanest most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man and then qualifies it with a 'but'.

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.

First comes the day, then the seconds of the event, then the days which become weeks, then the months, then the years.

I wish to be washed clean of my old life. To let go of my tide of sorrows and find my way to a new shore.

The man with courage is a majority.

Don't tell your friends about your indigestion. "How are you" is a greeting, not a question.

Right now I'm having so much trouble with D.L. Moody that I don't have time to find fault with the other fellow.

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage.

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I'm looking for richness, complexity, and characters that have different layers and that you don't really get bored of.

What do you know what goes on inside a man's mind? Outside he may look like a gentleman, but inside ' e may 'ave the 'ankering for murder.