Turbulence means nothing if God is the pilot.

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.

Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny.

There is a big difference between being centered and being self-centered

I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness.

Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.

A career of nearly 40 years, is not very long.

I never feel like I conquered the day and did everything I possibly should have, could have, would have.

And there I was, pretty as heck, brown eyes, a few freckles, fashion challenged, and a bad attitude. Max II.

We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.

There's so much wonder in the world. Don't let no one tell you otherwise.

In a dynamic, decentralized system of individual choice and responsibility, people do not have to trust any authority but their own.