Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.

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.

Self-consciousness kills communication.

Get with it, or get left behind.

I can do anything a man can do except get a hard-on--and that's only because I lack the equipment.

In two days, it's hard to to get the quality you would normally want for a design project.

I want to explore and do things with excellence. I want to write songs that resonate with me and will resonate with a live audience. I'm exploring fresh sounds.

She began to feel like the plastic doll she had been named after, without even a hole where her mouth was supposed to be.

There is only one quality that makes humans truly human and that is their will.

For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.

Hillary Clinton has a vision, she has knowledge and judgment. She is a strategic thinker, based on her experience and her connection.

I knew a lot about what I did when I was 20. I had read a lot, and I aspired to learn everything I could about the subject.