What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages.

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.

Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

If you love yourself the most at your happiest moments, there is no reason not to be fond of who you are in the dark.

The Bible is to be our basis of authority. We must “by faith” accept [Jesus] as the Son of the living God. This sounds narrow and intolerant, and in a sense it is!

God gives us time. And who has time for God?

I'm very bad at packing. It ends up being a circus, throwing everything in there. You never want to come up short.

There never has been a house so bad that it couldn't be made over into something worthwhile.

Beauty is the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.

I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them.

Humor was also a defense mechanism from getting picked on at school. If I could be funny maybe people wouldn't bother me.

I'm kind of a neat freak. My place is really organized. My socks are even organized: colors and sizes.