The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

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.

Some people say it's easy to lie. This may be true for them, but the hard part is remembering the lie because a lie has no memory.

You cannot withstand continual setbacks unless you've seen a worthwhile vision...

You’re not just different, you’re exceptional. And I think it’s time that I make you feel that way, too.

People may say no one ever died of a broken heart, but when you're suffering from one, it sure doesn't feel that way--at least initially.

There's nothing that I love more than predawn. I'm with the dogs, I make coffee, and there's no one up.

Nothing is more burdensome than an unfinished task.

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly. I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky.

Now some alien force seems to have come and captured the Dodgers. I don't know what happened to my Dodgers.

With the most powerful binoculars, I cannot see Alaska.

What is happy? I think happy's in the moment. I don't think everybody can be happy all the time.