Money is a great asset, talent is an extraordinary asset, and courage is an exceptional asset.

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.

But we do not merely protest

You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

Because my business life is so busy, my home is really my sanctuary. That is where I reflect and spend quality time with my girls.

People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss.

We know about the Detroit offense with Calvin Johnson, the best receiver in the game. If this defense continues to play at this pace, they may have something to say about the NFC North.

A labyrinth, when it is big enough, is just the world.

The idea that things intrinsically were just better is so stupid to me because they never were. It's all relative.

The five million people who watch cable news are the political nation, the people who really care.

I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room

I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.