Slay Goliath and the army behind him scatters.

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.

The time is coming when each of us will have to give an account of our stewardship

Even if Mary gives birth to a child who is not her husband's, if she has a shining pride, they become a holy mother and child.

We need a politician who hates politics.

To know that we know what we know and that we do not know what we do not know that is true knowledge.

It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it.

If you want to do something, Go for it you've got nothing to loose.

I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.

Believe me, as one who has seen a number of international crises firsthand, they cannot be handled without an understanding of history.

I eat almost no lunch. I have a big dinner but I don't have a big lunch.

I am obsessed with my hairstyles.