Pleasure is a kind servant, but a cruel master.

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.

When in need, then you shall know those who will care.

Experience is not the enemy: It is the hubris that is often a by-product of experience that is our greatest enemy.

There’s nothing that brings peace to the mind like joy.

Please don't drive drunk, okay? Seriously... But by all means, walk drunk. That looks hilarious. Everyone loves to watch someone act like they are trying to make it to safety during a hurricane.

Is it possible to be overzealous, to destroy that which you hope to save-so that nothing is left but emptiness.

Let not men think there is no truth, but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read.

When someone sticks a knife six inches into your back, and then pulls it out two inches and claims he's doing you a favor, don't believe him.

Reading is a key feature in the life of every single successful person I have ever met.

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

Citizen service is a repudiation of the principles upon which our country was based. We are all here for ourselves.