The folly of the wise is better than the wisdom of fools.

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.

Give me the Love that leads the wayThe Faith that nothing can dismayThe Hope no disappointments tireThe Passion that'll burn like fireLet me not sink to be a clodMake me Thy fuel, Flame of God

Sometimes, the most brilliant and intelligent minds do not shine in standardized tests because they do not have standardized minds.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.

So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible.

The five million people who watch cable news are the political nation, the people who really care.

Dreams never hurt anybody if you keep working right behind the dreams to make as much of them become real as you can.

When Ronald Reagan became president, students could no longer get food stamps.

You pray best when the mirror of your soul is empty of every image except the Image of the Invisible Father.

It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of payoff, it's not gonna happen