The rewards of faith are beyond doubt.

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.

You must persistence long enough to triumph.

In the journey of success, the only person that has to believe in your dreams is nobody else but yourself.

I rushed through the door.You had bitten a way for me.

I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.

I am concentrating on my fitness levels so that I don't look old.

While it is true that an inherently free and scrupulous person may be destroyed, such an individual can never be enslaved or used as a blind tool.

There are no rules about investment. Sharks can be good. Artist's dung can be good. Oil on canvas can be good.

The disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present.

It's very liberating for me to realize that I don't have to step up to the plate with a plot that involves the U.N. Security Council.

Tip O'Neill, even after Ronald Reagan became president, called him "an amiable dunce," which is what the Democrats always do.