If Noah waited for signs of rain to build an ark, he would have been swept away by the flood.

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.

Life is a gift. Don't forget to live it.

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Evil is like a shadow. It follows you.

Pride is seldom delicate: it will please itself with very mean advantages.

When you write biographies, whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein, you discover something amazing: They are human.

Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.

Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.

The still sowe eats up all the draffe.

Nobody knows the trouble we've seen-but we keep trying to tell them.

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