The hen that lays the most eggs deserves the most food.

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.

Your tale, sir, would cure deafness.

You know you have a transparency problem when citizens of a democracy need to rely on WikiLeaks for details on changes to laws.

There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.

There may not be much future for the kind of sports column I did.

Blacks own so little of the music business, it's pathetic. But I see that changing soon. Black artists, black businessmen and women will unite.

You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.

You can't build your dream by what you're going to do or planning to do or intend to do. You only build your dream by building it.

My motivation for 20 years, for 10 years with WikiLeaks, has been to publish true information that is otherwise unsayable. So we're not in competition, if you like.

Thirty-nine was the best year of my life earnings-wise. I paid off my mortgage and felt a massive sense of achievement.

You have to see every potential roadblock as an opportunity and a benefit.