Be the sun in someone’s dark sky.

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.

A small amount of good literature can often teach more about the inner life than volumes of psychology.

From loss breeds new life

A man's biggest enemy is his mouth.

Genres are like the surface of the ocean. There are waves and things moving, but you don't instantly see all the reefs and ecosystems that's happening beneath the surface.

Stop sketching. Start building.

I got bath water you could soak in, things I could do with lotion.

You can't build your dream by what you're going to do or planning to do or intend to do. You only build your dream by building it.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

Vickie... you got some 'splaining to do!

ISIS have to be defeated. They have to be defeated militarily. How are we going to do that if we continue to weaken our military?