If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle.

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.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Abuse and respect are diametric opposites: You do not respect someone whom you abuse, and you do not abuse someone whom you respect.

I Failed My Way To Success.

True love has a habit of coming back.

You can't have self confidence without some real skills that enable you to be successful.

What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work, people weren't interested in me or had written me off.

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?

I don't think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive.

The great god Ra, whose shrine once covered acres, is filler now for crossword puzzle makers.

How can I tolerate the slightest inconvenience to them, the women, the children, the sick, the aged, the blind, the decrepit, that come for counsel, consolation, courage and cure?.