The greatest weight a bird gives up when preparing to fly is fear.

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.

But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better.

Those who have finished by making all others think with them, have usually been those who began by daring to think with themselves.

I hope you're representing the devil's advocate.

I have a feeling that once you live through something like this, you become a little bit invincible.

Curiosity, fed by feats of imagination, can only grow

I'm lucky to be alive. It took three years of therapy to recover but I did it.

I have so many plans! Sometimes it's hard to keep up because at this point it's just been me and the little bit of help my label gives me.

Charm is simply the art of being pleasing.

Spending on the military doesn't increase the deficit.

Great men are little men expanded; great lives are ordinary lives intensified.