Teach men how to fish, but also teach them how to preserve fish.

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.

Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.

Conversing with children is a fine art.... An art form that demands large amounts of both honesty and misdirection. Or maybe discretion is a better word.

Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.

Two primary ways to keep volunteers motivated - Food and T-shirts.

Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which though doest not.

OMG, I am a married woman!

Failure is inevitable. If you aren't taking risks, then you won't fail.

We've had the Iron Age, the Stone Age, this is the pissin' about age.

I don't want to make statements about where I'm gonna be in 30 years. But as of right now, I definitely have a different relationship with the way I look. It's not all-consuming.

I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person.