We should not judge people by their peak of excellence but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

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.

Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons.

Sky, wait.” The way his voice wraps around my name makes me wish the only word in his entire vocabulary way Sky.

Feel what it's like to truly starve, and I guarantee that you'll forever think twice before wasting food.

What the meaning of this period of unemployment is, now.One way to get at that definition is to ask ourselves, “What is this time for?

I have come to see the nonsense of trying to describe fine scenery.

America has fought five wars since 1945 and has gained its objectives in only one of them, the Gulf War.

But if each man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings - then, I thought, there will be for them a better opportunity of a happy family life

There is no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.

A girl who is thirteen-which is hard, and difficult, and beautiful, and painful, and exhilarating.

I've always wondered, am I a writer who preaches or a preacher who writes? I don't know. I love them both.