The heart smiles when the soul shines.

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.

It is difficult to live without judging others. If you have to judge, then judge with love.

In Sarasota, Florida, Stephen King reminded me of the joy of just writing every day.

Luxury is not happiness - happiness is luxury.

The great blessing and great cruelty of youth is that there seems to be time enough.

I'm not James Brown. I'm not Sam Cooke. I'm Charley Pride. I'm just me and that's what you got.

Can we learn to become more learning-oriented individually and collectively, rather than 'I know' oriented?

I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.

But I also happen to be someone who believes in tithing--the giving of a tenth .

Yeah, Silver and his math are jokes, because math has a liberal bias. After all, math is the reason Mitt Romney's tax plan doesn't add up.

The miracles of Christ were studiously performed in the most unostentatious way. He seemed anxious to veil His majesty under the love with which they were wrought.