Spiritual battles have greater consequences than earthly wars.

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.

Trouble will come soon enough and when he does come receive him as pleasantly as possible ... the more amiably you greet him the sooner he will go away.

A minority group has 'arrived' only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it.

A widow is like a frigate of which the first captain has been shipwrecked.

Precisely because we cannot predict the moment, we must be ready at all moments.

All these years, I found that being a good wife for Jeb is my most important role, no doubt.

Alexander created cities everywhere he passed: I have left dreams everywhere I have trailed my life.

I also think that [political turmoil] gives artists something, a way of kind of processing.

The dolphins and whales have a brain that is actually bigger in proportion to their size than we do. They are very complex. They are thinkers.

Of all the weapons she had commanded, Elizabeth knew the least of love; and of all the weapons in the world, love was the most dangerous.

For me, movies should be visual. If you want dialogue, you should read a book.