An acorn is an oak tree inside out.

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.

When you have a chance to forgive, think of all you'll gain and forget all you've lost.

I'm sorry about what happened, ' Love said. Death squeezed his hand. 'Play as yourself. Not as me. Trust me one that.

But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks.

We have to fight them daily, lake fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies.

I've always thought of myself as a reporter.

Superfluous advice is not retained by the full mind.

In the end . . . . . . . Stand where we feel led. Stand straight, stand tall, and try to remember that other folks might be led to stand elsewhere.

Writers write. That's all it is. It is as simple, and as complex, as that.

Never mind what haters say, ignore them 'til they fade away.

Real progress comes from people.