Confident sheep overcome insecure wolves.

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.

As it was universal truth no one can control the power of nature, it was useless to mourn when rain poured heavily when it was least needed.

The same thing that had happened with the flowers was happening with my longing: once I held it in my hands, I didn't know where to put it.

Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses it would still be just to deem it good for something.

It's not the having, it's the getting.

Genius has oftenest been the pariah of his time, the unhoused god whom none cared for, unnamed till they whom he first promoted, enriched and honored, found it honorable to own their benefactor.

Polanski was very precise. I think he still is.

I'm right there with you, darlin'. Unless you step on a landmine, in which case I'm way back in the Operations Room.

I like Anastacia's version of Love is Alive best.

When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me. What means something is a page that has been filled with words.

Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.