God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
It is flagrantly dishonest for an advertising agent to urge consumers to buy a product which he would not allow his own wife to buy.
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.
I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.
I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.
It is not a fragrant world.
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.
Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.
Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.
Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.