It is better to win souls than to conquer nations.

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.

What good were special talents when there was no one to share them with?

It’s such an amazing awakening to realize that nothing in this universe happens TO YOU, 100% happens FOR YOU.

There is no death of anyone, save in appearance, just as there is no birth of any, save only in seeming.

Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.

What small account The All-living seems to take of this thin flame Which we call life. He sends a moment's blast Out of war's nostrils, and a myriad Of these our puny tapers are blown out Forever.

Many of the scientists have believed that their contribution to ending the nuclear race is not to let any new weapons to be developed.

Last night's homer was Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.

Some people call me a publicity hound.

Narrowness is the mother of unbelief. Obtain a broad outlook if you would agree with God in your philosophy and be able to transmit God's own thought into your life.

I was in the beginning when [comic book superheroes] started, but not anymore. Now I expect it. I've gotten very used to it.