If you try to cultivate your talents in someone else’s shadow, they might wilt.

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.

I took one of my hands in the other, tried to imagine what it would feel like if it was another person's hand holding mine. There have been times where I felt that I might die of loneliness.

Everyone plays a purpose, even fathers who lie to you or leave you behind. Time takes care of all that pain so if someone derails you, it'll be okay eventually.

Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.

To foster inner awareness, introspection, and reasoning is more efficient than meditation and prayer.

We are not alone in the universe. They have been coming here for a long time.

But one must know where one stands, and where the others wish to go.

Under the rose, since here are none but friends, To own the truth we have some private ends.

I used to think the only use for sport was to give small boys something else to kick besides me.

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

Saints have to be tough as well as tender because saints are like Christ, and Christ was the toughest and the tenderest man who ever lived.