A diamond only truly appreciates pressure the day it begins to shine.

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.

Rocky, if I’ve learned anything from my train wreck of a marriage, it’s that no one can take care of me better than I can.

Wait a second," Clary said. "I never understand why people say that," Luke said, to no one in particular. "I wasn't going anywhere.

Now you know how much my love for you burns deep in me when I forget about our emptiness, and deal with shadows as with solid things.

I certainly believe in limited government but protecting children against injury abuse is certainly inside my sphere of things that the government should do.

Every individual forms his own estimate of himself and that basic estimate goes far toward determining what he becomes.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

The unsaid part is the best of every discourse.

Choices lead to habits. Habits become talents. Talents are labeled gifts. You’re not born this way, you get this way.

We go see theater, we take in art because it makes us feel.

He did nothing in particular, and did it very well.