Clear skies do not promise rain.

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.

The letters released something, maybe a sense that he was not alone, that the world was a place where travelers in language could know the same things.

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.

I want to thank all of the fans and media who made playing in the NFL such a wonderful experience. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of them.

Friends are the twenty-first-century version of extended families.

Jesus died for our sins," Noah says solemnly. "What?!?" I reply, choking back my thoughts. "I was just seeing if you were listening.

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.

The Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who wish to get well.

You never write a speech in advance because if you don't get to use it, you'll be heartbroken.

That’s us,” he said. “Those five nuts right there.” Which one is me?” I asked. The little deformed one,” Zoe suggested. Oh, shut up.

But I also live to perform and I've been performing my whole life, whether it's been in sports or you know in band or with my singing.