Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today do not let yourself be cheated out of it.

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.

The more men I kill, the more far away from home I feel -- Saving Private Ryan

When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I'm a grown up, they call me a writer.

Strong leaders don't plead with individuals to perform.

That’s the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,” he said with a wink. “Once you’re there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.

Privacy is important. Anybody who doesn't think that, they're crap. But I know I'm going to lose some of that and that's something I'll have to deal with.

Man is stupid, phenomenally stupid.

He has a chance to make somebody move over on Mount Rushmore. He's working for his place on the coins and the postage stamps.

A man's tie should never be louder than his wife.

I have been fighting climate change and working to improve our environment.

I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out the real world.