Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.

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.

Flowers bloom in the tranquility of love with a beautiful desire for the well-being of the earth.

Pleasure is a reciprocal no one feels it who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased one must please.

Those who lose dreaming are lost.

What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology.

'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.

It is rare in a working environment that someone says, ‘Johnson, I need a market analysis by Friday, but before that, I need a compelling account of your childhood.'

Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people.

I couldn't be a royal. It's like living in a supersonic goldfish bowl.

My family wasn't the Brady Bunch. They were the Broody Bunch.