To be blind momentarily when light hits your eyes is better than to be blind permanently when darkness hits your soul.

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.

Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK.

To wish to withstand the Holy Spirit would be the one unforgivable sin.

Between two stools one sits on the ground.

A truth looks freshest in the fashions of the day.

Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.

It takes a lot to motivate me to exercise but Physique 57 is the ideal workout, it's efficient, fun and targeted to get the results you didn't think were possible!

I have often felt bad that I am not great at any one thing. Like just a super super singer. Or the Gregory Hines of something

When you get older, keeping the private stuff private seems less important.

Service makes men competent.

Anybody can be a hellene, by his heart, his mind, his spirit.