Grim care, moroseness, anxiety-all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. Mirth is God's medicine.

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.

To Suspect your Own Mortality is to Know the Beginning of Terror

People respond to kindness. They trust a smile more than a promise that you will leave them choking on their own blood.

Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.

There can be no compromise on moral principles.

True revolution comes from true revulsion; when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion.

Government is the natural enemy of freedom.

We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us.

If what you are doing is working, DON'T change just to be different. Just get better.

We've got to stop thinking everybody who is Muslim is a terrorist.

I've just been really lucky to not be too much of a stereotype.