Stand up.Stand out.Stand firm.Stand strong.

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.

Poetry's work is the clarification and magnification of being.

Live like a butterfly

No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.

The essential thing is to bear always in mind that trouble can appear at any time. Be aware.Be ready.Be alert.

We live in a time where women should feel empowered; they have every right. I've always been attracted to women who show [that they can do anything].

Crazy old people are our entire source of polling information.

Countless mistakes in marriage, parenting, ministry, and other relationships are failures to balance grace and truth. Sometimes we neglect both. Often we choose one over the other.

I am Jewish and proud of this culturally and ethnically - the ways in which I was born this way and am happy with whom I am.

Liberalism has become a moral vaccine that immunizes people against stigmatization.