The poorest people sometimes have the richest minds.

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.

And don't worry about losing. If i is right, it happens - the main thing is not to hurry.Nothing good gets away.

Guard your energy by setting boundaries, just saying 'no, " and limiting your interactions with people who drain you. The measure—how do they make you feel?

We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.

When I turned fifty, I decided to quit the mill and go to graduate school.

I think many people love poetry who don't know they love it. People are sometimes afraid of poetry, or they've been introduced to poetry that doesn't speak to them.

Nothing is more tedious than the dreaming platitude.

When a man marries he takes a bigger risk than the woman, because she can march out with his kids, his money, his home, and his dog.

At the time I perceived most religious men, particularly the pastors with all their talk about love, faith and relationship, as effeminate.

VERISIMILITUDE (the appearance or semblance of truth)

Do today what you want for your tomorrows