The pen is the tongue of the hand; a silent utterer of words for the eye.

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.

Everyone needs beauty. Even beautiful people"From "Central Park Song

If you have two shirts in your closet, one belongs to you and the other to the man with no shirt.

Thou must (in commanding and winning or serving and losing suffering or triumphing) be either anvil or hammer.

Making distinctions is part of learning. So is making mistakes.

Things in themselves have no life in them. A car can't comfort or encourage you. A house means nothing if there's no life and love inside.

I'm blessed to be able to work at something that I'm good at, and that I love. It's not something I take for granted.

Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living; profits make you a fortune.

Leaders at the highest levels of our government are undertaking a deliberate and systematic effort to redefine our government, our economy and our country.

I confess some part of me thought, If only I'd stuck around, this is the sort of catastrophe I might have created.

If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you do not already possess.