Lust promises you the world, and disappoints. Love promises you the universe, and delivers.

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.

Don't cry over someone who wouldn't cry over you.

Barbecue is the third rail of North Carolina politics.

Nothing that happens on the surface of the sea can alter the calm of its depths

My theory is, strong people don't need strong leaders.

You're always looking for the ultimate. It's kind of like journeying to Ixtlan. You're never going to get there, but that is no reason not to try.

Every studio needs a rubber chicken.

If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep.

Terry was beside himself. Not literally. This story would be that much more painful if there were two Terrys, able to stand next to each other and simultaneously curse Leven.

The idea of an afterlife where you can be reunited with loved ones can be immensely consoling - though not to me.

I think my way of being "funny" is just saying things that people think but have learned not to say, whereas, I haven't learned not to say them.