If you try to extinguish the light of one who shines like the sun you will get burned.

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 saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

The most important thing in life is to dare. The most complicated thing in life is to be afraid. The smartest thing in the world is to try to be a moral person.

It is pain that ages us, not years.

There are two things that I know for certain guys are good for: pushing swings and killing insects.

Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.

Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!

Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.

A vow is a snare for sin

In this era of political correctness, some people seem unaware that being squeamish about words can mean being blind to realities.