A lion does not take orders from sheep.

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.

Where there is the slightest insistence, there is no religion there!

I can't imagine God not allowing my dog into heaven.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

I always make the point that teachers are people too, and that they don't just want to be in front of kids all day and have children be their only feedback loop.

I have been housekeeping for 31 years and I learned something new on every page!

When you can’t do something truly useful, you tend to vent the pent up energy in something useless but available, like snappy dressing.

There are other relations besides reality, which the mind is capable of grasping and which also are primary, like chance, illusion, the fantastic, the dream.

Procrastination is the best action against putting an ankle bracelet on future.

I would love to have a race against Usain Bolt one day! It would certainly be a good challenge for me.

See with the eyes of love, / Hear with the ears of love / Work with the hands of love, / Think thoughts of love / Feel love in every nerve.