Thorns do not keep a rose from blooming, neither should obstacles keep you from success.

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.

Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you.

Marriage is a partnership

You want to be possessed, but not controlled. You want to be protected, but not smothered. You want to be dominated, but only in one way.

perhaps like me she's vainly hopingand some news awaits, but the moist earth already holds himin her strong embrace...

We all deserve to be treated with nothing but respect. In order to command respect from others, we must first and foremost respect ourselves.

A person with a golden heart is filled with love and likes to see something that he starts completed and done well.

Yesterday all five living presidents gathered for the opening of the George W. Bush presidential library in Dallas. Well, six living presidents if you count Hillary in 2016.

It's not like I want someone to treat me badly. I want somebody who looks like they could treat me badly, but then really treats me good.

When I was a teenager I loved acting, but I really just loved it for myself. I didn't like the fact that anyone else saw the work I was doing

My parents were extremely reluctant. When my father was clearly dying, my mother refused to acknowledge it.