One sage is worth more than a thousand warriors.

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.

Aunt Elizabeth said, 'Do you expect to attend many balls, if I may ask?' and I said, 'Yes, when I am rich and famous.' and Aunt Elizabeth said, 'Yes, when the moon is made of green cheese.

It has been my experience that those who claim to be the most spiritual are usually the least so.

Have you ever noticed how hard it is to find a shadow in the night? I guess that’s why so many people are so obsessed with the idea of bringing things to the light…to the clear, so to speak.

God has made relationships His chosen delivery system for the gospel of hope.

It was only a sunny smile But it scattered the night And little it cost in the giving Like morning light And made the day worth living.

When the bad bleeds, then is the tragedy good.

It seems that man's greatest natural enemy is the target.

I'm proud to call myself a feminist and am proud to say I have two young boys who are self-proclaimed feminists as well.

The surest aid in combating the male's disease of self-contempt is to be loved by a clever woman.

When people accept futility and the absurd as normal, the culture is decadent.