The eloquence of the pen is just as sharp as the point of a sword.

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.

People carry on whole conversations in proverbs. But they are not LIVING the proverbs.

Don't ever be honest about who you are—and I mean that as a life rule, not just in this instance.

Poor thing. To die and never see Brooklyn.

Honest error may play prologue to wonders.

Peace isn't the mere absence of violence; peace must come from inner peace. And inner peace comes from taking others’ interests into account.

Each time I think that the song is ended ... something higher and better begins for me.

In the mere concept of one thing it cannot be found any character of its existence.

Too much of something is never good.

All good athletes make mistakes; the great ones learn to make that mistake only once.