True gratitude ascends to the highest altitudes.

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.

I pray for grace, strength and wisdom to faithfully fulfill my calling in due time.

Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed.

I'm always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain't bad. You can meet people on it.

I don't care. I feel like if we don't make a trade, we have to get it done with what we've got.

Unfortunately for governments like that of Iran, when they forbid something, people become more interested.

I choose to be a happy person. I choose not to be a bitter person

A man can be honest in any sort of skin.

You can suffer the pain of change or suffer remaining the way you are.

Environmental damage such as graffiti, fly-posting and general littering is a menace that is becoming all too prevalent, not just in inner cities but in many communities - urban and rural.

It seems to be my destiny to discourse on truth, insofar as I discover it, in such a way that all possible authority is simultaneously demolished.