It is the worst people in your life that teach you the best lessons.

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.

My goal is to never quit.

You know things are bad when a woman without any legs and who recently lost two of her own kids feels sorry for you.

The President scores much better than Bill Clinton.

I would urge my fellow conservatives to avoid the temptation to crow about it or take credit.

Never underestimate the power of a good story.

Eriugena and other Celtic teachers speak of Christ as our memory, as the one who leads us to our deepest identity, as the one who remembers the song of our beginnings….

We're talking too much about what goes on in the stands, nothing about what goes on on the court.

The most important thing is to focus, focus, focus.

I am most proud of the development of the characters as personalities that game players could relate to and care about.

In sooth I know not why I am so sad. It wearies me, you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn.