Precise knowledge is the only true knowledge, and he who does not teach exactly, does not teach at all.

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.

If your neighbor's lawn looks better than yours, don't let jealousy consume you ..... start working on yours. With love and dedication, your side will look better than their.

She stood up when he approached her, Not to hug him, but to slap him.

Life is not a problem but an endless possibility.

He smiled that smile again. How could something so lazy do such busy things to her body?

The opportunities in this world are as great as we have the imagination to see them... but we never get that view from the bottom of the nest.

The surtax payers, having been soaked, have found a way to get out of the rain.

I think people really don't like cops so much; they're kind of rude to them or treat them like they can't see them.

Malcolm X made it very clear that if somebody goes after you - whether it's cops or not - you have to defend yourself. But he was not an advocate for violence the way the Black Panthers were.

He felt it too, the air between us, the invisible lines that something or someone had drawn to connect us. That's the way I remember it.

They're trying to make fuel cells a reality. They want to bring the hydrogen economy to the United States.