The tallest trees sometimes grow from the smallest seeds.

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.

Aside from myself, there was no sign of me.

The key to high concept is that fresh twist. Make it a big one. Wow your reader. Force her to gasp when she comes to that part in your story.

Now as through this world I ramble I see lots of funny men Some rob you with a six gun Some with a fountain pen.

Nor is it wiser to weep a true occasion lost, but trim our sails, and let old bygones be.

Show me any top entertainer or top business executive, and I'll show you a guy who has mapped out his life from the very start.

Danger is when you are split three ways: Your soul goes one way, your mind goes another way and your body goes yet another way.

You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do.

The resurrection is God's way of getting our attention.

Mindfulness of the body is awareness of... the taste and smell of this moment.

Illnesses have always been used as metaphors to enliven charges that a society was corrupt or unjust.