Taking a leap of faith is better than taking a leap of doubt.

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.

Tolerance means to have the heart open to all differences

We are all actors, set on the stage of the world, as the curtains open we put on our best performance to this audience of life.

Although the world is full of suffering it is also full of the overcoming of it.

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

I've always had a special place in my heart for old women digging through garbage bins. They saved my life so many times as a baby.

You don't know how many people come up to me and say, 'This child was conceived listening to you.'

A good speaker does not stutter.

When you feel concentrated within the intensity of making paintings, you know exactly what you are doing.

Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.

Central planning, judicial activism, and the nanny state all presume vastly more knowledge than any elite have ever possessed.