A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.

I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.

I'm a huge Kevin Youkilis fan.

You get NOWT for being second.

How poetic you are," she said. "I've a notion that poetry is the highest form of self-deception.

Yes, we see that there are problems in the world. But we believe in a universal force that, when activated by the human heart, has the power to make all things right.

Ethics is doing more than the law requires and less than the law allows.

It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny

All of the promises of ObamaCare, all of those shiny objects that were sold in Christmas in 2009 didn't come true.

My feet are like something from another age - prehistoric and troll-like. I keep expecting them to talk, they have that much character.