It is in the shade that you look up at a tree and appreciate its efforts.

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.

Wise is the fool who becomes a master at laughter.

It is possible for you to be paid your worth and at the same time be passionate about what you do.

The scars of your love remind me of us they keep me thinking that we almost had it all the scars of your love they leave me breathless I can't help feeling we could have had it all

To ask me to verify my life by giving you my statistics is like using science to validate sorcery. It robs the world of its magic and makes milestones out of us all.

The Internet can empower groups whose aims are in fact antithetical to democracy.

Regeneration can come only through a change of heart in the individual.

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.

To become a photographer leave your house first.

The female rock-'n'-roll-country-pop songwriter is back, and her name is Taylor Swift. And it's women like her who are going to save the music business.