One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.

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.

I have packed myself into silence so deeply and for so long that I can never unpack myself using words. When I speak, I only pack myself a little differently.

Tex?” I whispered.“Yeah?”“Enemies or lovers right now?”He sighed and kissed my head. “Both, we’ll always be both.

Sanity is a sonnet with a strict meter and rhyme scheme-and my mind is free verse.

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.

For people whose job it is to make sure we make money, there's a lot of pressure.

Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed.

Women have been dependent upon men for their survival, for the survival of their children.

Youth is just wasted on young people.

It's not the years honey, it's the mileage.

I do not pretend that I have led a blameless life, or that one fault justifies another, but the public in judging a case like mine should remember that the darkest life may have a bright side...