The darkest clouds precipitate the most rain.

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.

Carrying a grudge in your heart or in your mind is like carrying a bunch of thorns on your body. You are just choosing to prick yourself with it.

Just because some people are fueled by drama doesn't mean you have to attend the performance.

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.

You know what GED stands for? Good Enough Diploma.

To me, there are things you're good at and things you're not so good at. For some reason, I'm good at darker characters. It has to do with how you look.

I’m just a beast, I’m just an animal and I’m waiting to get let out of that cage!

The thing that I prefer, when I'm working on a book, is to do a seven-day week, because it's easy to lose some of the details of what you're doing along the way.

I wonder why bereaved people even bother with mourning clothes when the grief itself provides such an unmistakable wardrobe.

A sincere compliment is always grateful to a lady, so long as you don't try to knock her down with it.