The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

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.

Fights begin and end with handshakes.

Hard work precedes great success.

A little goes a long way in Somalia: $5 will feed a person there for about two weeks.

The nicer I am, the more people think I'm lying.

As a kid, I really wanted to have my own show. But when you grow up in poverty, people tell you nothing is possible. So I kind of gave up on that dream.

Christianity is not a message which has to be believed, but an experience of faith that becomes a message.

Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.

I think there's space in the market for a half-dozen kind of polling analysts.

Discontent is a good thing: discontented people can modify and improve their worlds, leave them better, leave them different.

Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.