The worst thing in this world next to anarchy is government.

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.

I wish I were like you pa. I wish I had not been afraid, all my life! Pg.55

Running water is perceived as being filled with vitality.

I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.

I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.

It's unbecoming," she agreed. "A perfect word for my new life. Unbecoming. I who have always been unbecoming am becoming un.

We're apt to fall in love with those who are mysterious and challenging to us.

Do your homework all of your life.

We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.

Your life is constantly nourished by your thoughts. Whatever the direction your life is moving, your thoughts have led you there.

Each person tries to hold himself hss and lay the blame upon somebody or something else, or even on bad luck.