The reason that men are so slow to confess their vices is because they have not yet abandoned them.

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.

Your deepest scars tell the world of your greatest triumphs.

Mind is the Alpha – Mind is the Omega.

If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon.

You can do ANYTHING you want to do-This is your World

If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

I think the Bravo test is really important for a number of reasons. It's kind of symbolic. It raises a lot of the issues that are related to the whole controversy over nuclear testing.

I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.

To ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a dog to lead the dog.

Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.

Not beauty, no, but virtue rais'd my fires, whose sacred flame did cherish chaste desires.