Most lives are not distinguished by great achievements. They are measured by an infinite number of small ones. Each time you do a kindness for someone or bring a smile to his face, it gives your life meaning. Never doubt your value, little friend. The world would be a dismal place without you in it. (tweaked version of a passage from Scandal in Spring)
Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
Conservative. noun. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.
Few ever live to old age, and fewer still ever became distinguished, who were not in the habit of early rising.
Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success.
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.