The shrewd hunt foxes, the strong hunt lions, but the mighty hunt elephants.

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.

sometimes you don't need a goal in life, you don't need to know the big picture. you just need to know what you're going to do next!

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Take pleasure in your dreams relish your principles and drape your purest feelings on the heart of a precious lover.

The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.

The most inspiring leaders are those who... inspire the rest of us to be our best selves and to match our skills with our passions. They give us confidence to pursue our dreams.

Whatever you put your attention on in this life, will increase in your life. As you put your attention on angels, they will begin increasingly to make their presence known to you.

Poets who are not interested in music are, or become, bad poets.

Mistakes are something that happen by accident. You didn't walk out the door one morning and fall into some guy's bed. You thought about it, for a while. You made that choice.

I do not allow my schooling to interfere with my education

In 15 years we'll have all the sequence, a list of the genes everyone has in common and those that differ among people. We know only something like a tenth of 1 percent of the sequence at the moment.