The great, like stars, are not afraid of dark times for that is when they shine the brightest.

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.

Nobody knows you.You don't know yourself.And I, who am half in love with you, What am I in love with?My own imaginings?

A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.

Some people would rather live in a hell they've got used to than in a paradise they've never experienced before.

Friendship peculiar boon of Heaven The noble mind's delight and pride To men and angels only given To all the lower world denied.

In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore though they should fall immediately they had better aim at something high.

The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.

The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be.

No, I'm not at all adventurous. I'm terribly cowardly.

Without self-discipline, a noncommissioned officer can never develop or maintain personal integrity.

The felonious five in their Supreme Court decision never said Gore did anything improperly in Florida.