There is nothing that a New-Englander so nearly worships as an argument.

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 saw her disappear from my life like a star that fades into obscurity behind a veil of clouds.

I often try to tell kids to think about all the people who love you, don't cry over the one person who doesn't.

If we don't support the people who support us, what are we going to do?

Every day when I open the mail I encounter a find with a brand-new brew of story and emotion.

If you don't have anything good to say about someone, you must be talking about Hillary Clinton.

The best place to start an adventure is with a quiet, perfect life . . . and someone who realizes that it can’t possibly be enough.

We are living in a time of trouble and bewilderment, in a time when none of us can foresee or foretell the future.

I am suggesting to you the simple idea that people work harder and smarter if they find their work satisfying and know that it is appreciated.

Her only gift was knowing people almost by instinct, she thought, walking on. If you put her in a room with someone, up went her back like a cat's; or she purred.

Disappointments that aren't a result of our own foolishness are a testing of our faith or a correction from heaven, and it is our own fault if these disappointments don't work for our own good.