The mind is its thoughts, the heart is its desires, and the soul is its experiences.

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.

Without love life will be a flower garden without flowers.

A person that doesn't read and doesn't have any ethics complaining about a writer feels like a Chihuahua barking at a Rottweiler.

Forgetting is the cost of living cheerfully.

A man must get a thing before he can forget it.

Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves.

Leaning to the side but you can't speed through; 2 miles an hour so everybody sees you.

A religion shapes the world of its believers by identifying questions that need answers and providing answers that people 'know' to be true. ­

Romance should be spontaneous, but in my career I'm totally in control.

History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women to military combat jobs is the way to win wars, improve combat readiness, or promote national security.

Nobody knows a hit before it's a hit.