Success is always looking for the next best man because she knows how valuable she is.

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.

Do what you choose to do with all your heart, head and hands! Your attitude determines how passionate you do what you chose to do.

I'm irreverent, I'm not politically correct, and I feel that I'm protected in my private life because I live a very public private life.

There is a direct line relationship between what happened in Afghanistan in the work up to 11 September 2001 and what we're doing in Afghanistan today.

Two wrongs don't make it right, but it damn sure makes us even.

Jesus, I love you. Jesus, I love you.

In zazen, one is one's present self, what one was, and what one will be, all at once.

Hard to remember who is more dangerous: the people who are attacking our liberties overseas, or those who are suppressing them at home.

Death has an energy. It is thick as sludge, heavy as iron, and pulls you down into yourself like an imploding building.

He does me double wrong That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue.