A rose does not lose sleep because it was mocked by weeds.

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.

Gregor was a real drinker..he didn't drink because he was sad..(or) cheerful. He drank because he was a thorough man, who like to get to the bottom of things, of bottles as well as everything else.

I favor pocket-sized hard drives that travel between home and office, syncing with computers on both ends.

God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that he may love and perfect them.

Even if a relationship doesn't work out, you can always take something positive from something negative. You never know what's around the corner.

We didn't come here to set any fashions in music. We merely came to bring a much-needed touch of home to some lads who have been here a couple of years.

No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery.

Perhaps there is no agony worse than the tedium I experienced waiting for Something to Happen.

I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt slighted and wounded.

It's only very recently that women have succeeded in entering those professions which, as Muses, they typified for the Greeks

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.