Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues.

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.

Part of the artist's job is to make the commonplace singular, to project a different interpretation onto the conventional.

A wounded lion is still more fierce than healthy sheep.

Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.

I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.

People ask all the time, "What are you thinking?" It's my least favorite question in the world. The last bastion of solace is my mind. It's an invasion.

There is a lot of basketball beyond our control, but a player should never let anyone try harder than he does

The issue for us is rebuilding a governing majority that is comfortable with differences that can transcend the divisiveness and unify behind the principles that we know our party has succeeded on.

The family is the most important unit in time and in eternity and, as such, transcends every other interest in life.

Give Donald Trump a chance. Be there for him. Come together as a nation.

Giving up control and just trying to be happy at the moment has proven to be the best thing for me.