Far help seldom solves near troubles.

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.

An educated person is a person who has so developed the faculties of their mind that they can acquire anything they want

And, they would still be alive today...If they hadn't died, that is

You're my daughter. I don't care about the factions.

There's an exception to every rule, Nora. And you've never failed at being the exception before.

What is destructive is impatience haste expecting too much too fast.

There is considerable evidence that women's education and literacy tend to reduce the mortality rates of children

Women tend to immediately take responsibility if somebody messes up with both of us saying it's our fault. Men are quite happy for it to be your fault it seems like.

Religion is not a bridge between God and Man; it is a Great Wall of China between them!

We go in withering July To ply the hard incessant hoe; Panting beneath the brazen sky We sweat and grumble, but we go.

I hate the word sexy.