If a bird does not bring out all of the songs on its heart, all its symphonies die inside.

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.

My dear, a little smile, a little courtesy, a little kindness is what beauty entails. Some are not roses, some are oranges.

I believe that when death closes our eyes we shall awaken to a light, of which our sunlight is but the shadow.

Small business in America is booming. The job creator in America, small business, is absolutely moving ahead.

I'm driven. I am. I'm driven for some reason. But I don't know where I'm going.

I think that superhero comics in particular are really useful for talking about big emotions and feelings, and personifying and concretizing symbols.

The only soap of a dirty society is the clean men; only the clean can wash the grimy!

But common sense has no place in first love and never has.

Example is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh.

I like a cook who smiles out loud when he tastes his own work. Let God worry about your modesty; I want to see your enthusiasm.

Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.