Darkness tests stars, but they shine.Storms test trees, but they stand.Adversity tests the great, but they soar.

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.

Perhaps my greatest wisdom is the knowledge that I do not know.

To live your life afraid of others and deny them a chance to come close is to not live at all.

When God opens the windows of heaven for rain to flow, those who will enjoy are those who sow! Don't misuse the blessings of God... Get a seed today to grow!

Anxiety, and the physical symptoms it causes, is merely fog along the path of independence and discovery.

Wild Fremen said it well: "Four things cannot be hidden -- love, smoke, a pillar of fire and a man striding across the open bled.

I just remember things, places, stuffs and faces.

Vision is a picture of the future that produces passion.

Be clear about the purpose of money. Money is like health. It is necessary for survival but it is not what you live for.

[Mark] Twain called Congress "the only distinctly native criminal class in America. We've lately sent a United States Senator to the penitentiary." That was a fact.

Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires.