It is impossible for a star to shine and not get noticed, even in the dark.

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.

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

When you increase in learning and education, you increase your ability to act, and you have a chance to improve your circumstances.

Even water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character.

The handwriting was a girl’s. I mean, you can tell. That enchanted cursive.

As a child growing up during the Korean War, I knew poverty. I studied by candlelight.

You just have to keep going to find that thing that lets you in the door. Sometimes in life when that day comes and you're given the key, you throw it away.

You could be my son. You even look like me a little bit... Say, who's your mother?

Cynicism is a choice. Optimism is a better choice.

No one on earth has lived through the exact same experiences you have, and no one thinks the exact same thoughts you do.

Don't tell me you're my friend. Act like one.