A golden spoon is useless when the soup bowl is empty.

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.

One kind of walking which I do not recall seeing mentioned anywhere in the literature of the subject is imaginary walking.

Wake me up from this dream and tell me. Things aren't as bad as they seem.

I love to hang out with boys - I've got brothers - but I'm a girl's girl, in all the ways you can be girlie. Nails and chats and gossip magazines and reality TV and pop culture.

Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.

Champions never brag, never shout, never have to go to extremes to build themselves up for others or put others down. They let their actions, deeds, and results speak for them.

Sitting in an English Garden waiting for the sun If the sun don't come You get a tan from standing in the English rain.

My dad was a cotton buyer and cotton buyers always considered themselves superior to the rest of the world.

Each of us has the power and responsibility to become a rainbow in the clouds.

We are communal beings who love to get together in groups and share emotions - like sporting events, rock concerts and political rallies. We crave tribal membership.

All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.