The strength of a man consists in finding out the way in which God is going and going in that way too.

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.

When you put together deep knowledge about a subject that intensely matters to you, charisma happens. You gain courage to share your passion, and when you do that, folks follow.

We may win the war but not the soul

If a man is alive, there is always danger that he may die, though the danger must be allowed to be less in proportion as he is dead-and-alive to begin with. A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Who loves, raves.

Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?

In every operation there is an above the line and a below the line. Above the line is what you do by the book. Below the line is how you do the job.

People must do what they must do. We all don't think alike or act alike and it's wrong to-to judge others by ourselves.

Metaphysicians are musicians without musical ability.

Unlike art which contains a message, wine conveys nothing, it has no intellectual or cognitive content

Reality television hasn't killed documentaries, because there are so many great documentaries still being made, but it certainly has changed the landscape.