God asks no man whether he will accept life. This is not the choice. You must take it. The only question is how.

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.

My religion consists of laughing at myself. My motto is this: As long as there is a me, there is a reason to laugh out loud!

To be religious is to have one's attention fixed on God and on one's neighbour in relation to God.

You're baloney without the mayo.

Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.

God walking on the earth is more important than man walking on the moon.

They can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass of the society.

it is axiomatic with most writing people that there are no such things as perfect conditions for work.

The patient is the nucleus of the health care system.

Listening to Democrats complain about inflation is like listening to germs complain about disease.

She might not be as beautiful, or as smart or as rich as all the rest of them. But she had her pride