He who unlocks his greatest potential will reap his greatest treasures.

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.

Without morality and virtue most things in a free society fall apart. But with them, anything is possible.

Forsaking the shield of insensibility she had tightly woven over herself during her years as a gelder, she unbarred her heart. She invited him in.

My heart is really pounding, " I said. "That's how you know you're having fun.

As beings who cannot know the outcome of any particular action, it is difficult for us to act in a way that will be necessarily beneficial to another, or necessarily detrimental.

Not another flag has such an errand, carrying everywhere, the world around, such hope for freedom such glorious tidings.

My first figure was a SLAYER eagle. And the dragons and the tribals are all I have got.

I am fevered with the sunset, I am fretful with the bay, For the wander-thirst is on me And my soul is in Cathay.

I don't want to be surrounded by 'yes men'. I want people who'll disagree with me, even if it costs them their jobs.

What I learned: Shun nonbelievers. Ignore critics. Do your best for people who want to dance with you.