A smile is the most beautiful thing you can wear.

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.

Invalid food choices lead to invalid people.

I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange —

Guys want to be respected and acknowledged. They want to feel what they contributed matters.

Sometimes in politics, you think you've seen it all. Turns out I was wrong.

The August Decrees were an improvised parliamentary reaction to an emergency situation.

Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Suspicion follows close on mistrust.

I preach nonviolence because it's the better alternative.

I'm used to writing short stories, which is primarily what I like to read.

There are in woman's eyes two sorts of tears,--the one of grief, the other of deceit.