A year of contentment is worth more than ten of prosperity.

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.

You need to understand, comprehend and believe, “There is a goal in my birth. I have a mission, and there is something that no one but I can do.

Though you should still let her do what she wants, don't let her take total control of you or you won't be making the most of your experience.

Every serious novel is, beyond its immediate thematic preoccupations, a discussion of the craft, a conquest of the form, a conflict with its difficulties and a pursuit of its felicities and beauty.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

Dogs come when they're called cats take a message and get back to you.

I like getting married, but I don't like being married.

Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.

If you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't be eating it.

Dreams are hopes, and echoes of hope.

I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by Himself, to be the most pure, benevolent and sublime which have ever been preached to man.