Against all odds, a seed rises from darkness and beautifies the universe.

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.

Spring gives hope that God believes in second chances.

Sometimes the Lord must bring the bodylow before Raising the Spirit ever higher.

Some journeys can only be traveled alone.

A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull one over on me - which is pretty much my motto anyways.

It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject: the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to the enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual.

As long as we are faking it we are just showing the world how to fake it - but they already are! They want to see us get real.

If you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.

She fell asleep, leaning on his chest, and he edged her a little off a particularly painful bruise, leaned his head back against the tree he had propped them up against, and closed his own eyes.

Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.

Tolerance grows only when faith loses certainty; certainty is murderous.