Ordinary leaders move mounds, good leaders move hills, but great leaders move mountains.

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.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

Good manners are the expressions of benevolence in personal intercourse, by which we endeavor to promote the comfort and enjoyment of others, and to avoid all that gives needless uneasiness.

It is emotion that drives the intelligence forward in spite of obstacles.

You know, Roland and I were just talking about how we don't have any pyromaniac friends. And everyone knows you need a good pyro to pull off any reform school prank worth the effort.

Good works may only be beautiful sins, if they are not done in a true spirit.

Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every soil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth.

When I'm having trouble I write by hand. There is some connection between the mind and the fingers that draws out words.

In my world love is the only law. I do not ask for love, I give it.