If the grass is greener on the other side, start watering your own.

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.

There is a point at which honesty becomes mischief. That's when your writing becomes irresistible.

May you find strength to survive life.

It's hard to imagine which is worse, living with fear, or living without it in a fantasyland were consequences don't exist.

The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama.

A dancer differeth from a madman only in length of time; one is mad so long as he liveth, the other while he danceth.

I haven't spent my entire career playing the guy in the bad hat, although I have to say that the bad guy is frequently much more interesting than the good guy.

Bombs fall and wipe out civilization as we know it, two things come up out of the ashes: roaches and F-150s.

I'm not a neat freak. I don't mind things being messy but I mind them being dirty. I just can't relax in a dirty environment. I like things organized.

Most oldsters are fascinated by the Future, while the young love to look back to earlier days, especially their own.

You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do.