The best couples share the load, divide the grief, and add to the peace, thereby multiplying joy.

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.

A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate them.

The birth of a new born baby is a great joy.

Writing is like trying to escape quicksand. The harder you try the faster you sink.

You can't expect people to do the right thing or else they will go to hell. We are already in hell!

New carpet will exude poisonous formaldehyde for up to two years after it'd been laid. I know the feeling.

When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.

He would have scored a touchdown if he hadn't been tackled right there.

A man without any history is like a tree without roots

Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.

In innocence there is no strength against evil, said Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. But there is strength in it for good.