When a man can look upon the simple wild-rose, and feel no pleasure, his taste has been corrupted.

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.

How beautiful it is to hug someone with kindness when he is trying to hurt you!

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

Comparing how you feel on the inside (bad) to the way someone else looks on the outside (great) is a losing proposition. It's an impossible standard.

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's spirit dwells within you?

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

As you see, context is everything and nothing at the same time. Words stand alone and with each other.

I am so happy, each and every day that I come to set. Some days, I'll be there 12 hours, and it feels like five minutes have gone by.

There is a lot more young Indian entrepreneurs can do if they are given the money. They have the idea, and I would just like to help them realise it.

One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.

I love improving, I love being creative and I love being my own boss.