The universe believes in you, but it is more important that you believe in yourself.

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, in the end, I knew there was nothing better in life than keeping the head and the heart up—and when you cannot see the shoreline, always putting one hand, one word, in front of the other.

All through the day, there are two voices that compete for your attention - the voice of faith and the voice of defeat. Tune into the voice of faith because it is the voice of victory!

Old men, for the most part, are like old chronicles that give you dull but true accounts of times past, and are worth knowing only on that score.

As long as one believes in philosophy, one is healthy; sickness begins when one starts to think.

Recovery is about making room for the real me to exist.

You get through it, you just never get over it

What a writer wants to do is not what he does.

Every reform means awakening. Once truly awakened, the nation will not be satisfied with reform only in one department of life.

When Art struggles, it succeeds; when revelling in its own successes, it as singularly fails.

Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.