Greatness awaits those who can rise from their greatest failures.

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.

Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, "At the very least, you will be polite to them.

Parents don't need government to raise their kids. That's their job. But government can help them protect their children from influences they may not want their kids exposed to.

All growth depends upon activity.

I was raised as a Catholic and received the body and blood of Jesus Christ every Sunday at communion until I was thirty years of age, when I became a vegetarian.

artists ... all have a need that cannot be met by another human being.

I like to keep the world, to some degree, an implied setting.

Because maybe, the best of times were yet to come. You never knew.

Through bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.

Few things are hidden from a quiet child with good eyesight.

There's a kind of a fundamental irresponsibility in playwriting, and the strength of playwriting comes from that irresponsibility.