Saints are slaves of good works.Sages are slaves of wisdom.Conquerors are slaves of victory.

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.

Saving a worthy relationship is easier than trying to start a new one.

How might letters be most efficiently copied so that the blind might read them with their fingers?

He caressed my cheek. "You came for me," I whispered. "Always," he told me.

Just remember, strength and courage. If you stand on principle, you'll never lose.

A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher's stall passes as food.

She fell asleep, and it was a sleep as thin as the night clouds, dotted with dreams that came and went like the stars.

The fan mail I get from kids are asking me questions which they do not ask their mothers and fathers. Because if they had, why write to me, a perfect stranger?

Darkness bound them closer than light.

You have to learn to smile through your pain. Sometimes it’s all we got.

Print some money and give it to us for the rain forests.