Great men learn from their weaknesses, and learn to use their strengths.Ordinary men learn nothing from their weaknesses, and underuse their strengths.

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.

Great leadership is a reflection of honest service

A mere love of wisdom is often enough to make oneself wiser.

Experience is an author’s most valuable asset

I'’m generally in favor of economic globalization. Having said that, it doesn’t always work and does not immediately work in the interest of all. There are sufferers.

Only professional diplomats, inveterate idiots and women view diplomacy as a long-term substitute for war.

I always felt people should live with animals.

You know you drank too much the night before when you wake up with crop circles in your pubes.

I wanted more firsts with Tod. But all I had left was a handful of lasts.

To mess around with Ebola is an easy way to die. Better to work with something safer, such as anthrax.

It makes sense that the placenta almost looks like a tree with many branches - a tree of life.