If you can’t move a mountain by faith, move it by carrying away stone by stone.

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.

Learn a lot. Laugh a lot. Love a lot. Live a lot.

She drank the bottle.

China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.

When we deal with the name and reputation of another we deal with something sacred in the sight of the Lord.

I guess we’ll be traveling in uncharted waters.” “That’ll be fun,” Phil said.

For me, writing something in the spirit of Halloween is like Mother Teresa writing on charity and sacrifice. It's just second nature to me.

I often need a long time to understand things, to imagine a painting I might make.

He knows that there's no better way in the world to aggravate somebody who's trying to make it hard for you than by acting like you're not bothered.

You can't see the future through a rearview mirror

But how do we even get to the land of the dead?” I asked. “I mean…without dying.