Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.

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.

Forgiveness means saying that you're not going to let what happened to you define you any longer.

The defeat of your enemy lies within the peace of your heart and the humbleness of your thoughts.

Art can do much, but this maxim's most sure/A weak or wounded brain admits no cure.

Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic.

I don't want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit.

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.

I weirdly feel very natural, in the physicality that comes my way, whether it's guns, cars or whatever. For some reason, it's second nature to me.

There is only one type of story in the world-your story.

When he woke, daylight was coming through the glass floor, and a boy's voice said, "Oh...You are in so much trouble.

It was nice to get three goals, but I dont feel I have anything to prove.