On the path to greatness, life teaches you to walk with stones in your shoes.

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.

Just as every challenge helps us in evolving

Saving people, hunting things, the family business.

I've done business with people I've met in politics, who I went to law school with, who I grew up with. Who do you do business with? People you meet in life.

I love playing smart and tough and having funny lines.

The smell of roasting meat together with that of burning fruit wood and dried herbs, as voluptuous as incense in a church, is enough to turn anyone into a budding gastronome

To all who want to accomplish something I say, Go into the silence regularly for power and wisdom to accomplish.

I've supported myself by writing since 1992, and I'm probably very nearly unemployable by now because employers are likely to be put off by the long gap.

In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.

If I were an animal, I would be an eagle.

According to the statistics, a man eats a prune every twenty seconds. I don't know who this fellow is, but I know where to find him.