A leaf has no power to resist when the wind blows, but when life’s storms rage, you do.

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.

Ironically, just when she needed to get as much sleep as possible to prepare her for the next few days, her excited anticipation kept her awake long into the night.

The intelligent talk and the wise listen.

There are going to be situations where people are going to go without assistance. That's just the facts of life.

Hollywood likes to put out their own message out a lot of times, and that message isn't the best one for everyone.

I wanted to run after him, but remembered that it is ridiculous to run after one's wife's lover in one's socks; and I did not wish to be ridiculous but terrible.

Now why, if freedom is striven after for love of the I after all - why not choose the I himself as beginning, middle, and end?

The biggest thing for me is surrounding myself with good people and steering clear, far clear, of all my demons in the past.

May those whose hell it is to hate and hurt be turned into lovers bringing flowers.

The successful man is himself. To be successful, you've got to be honest with yourself.

We are two people. The person inside and the person outside. Sidq (truthfulness) is when they are the same.