Think innocently.Think intelligently.Think imaginatively.Think inventively.

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.

It's become impossible to deny he means something to me.

She personified her name in everything she did. Even when we would row, her words were deftly chosen and spoken rather like an intricate dance. And I so loved to dance with her.

Bad people doing bad things is not interesting. What I find interesting is good people doing bad things.

More than the sound of my own beating heart, I miss the sound of a ticking clock. Time passes. It must pass.

Courage is one step ahead of fear.

Usually, you don't know where a book comes from ... it's just there, some kind of an itch that you can't quite scratch.

It is not a camera, or a reporter that makes something real and genuine; more often a camera or a reporter does the opposite.

I'm a fan of people that have quality, that do what they do and that are not into the showbiz.

Americans are an odd bunch, but they grow on you.

Much more devastating than frustration is the emotion of disappointment.