When the lion is wounded do not stroke its mare.

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.

Great is our calling, We dare not be idle.The saddle is in place, And Jesus is bridle.

I am fine, though it is hard to think of what kind of work to make at this point, other than decorative, escapist or abstract. I suppose I'll explore one or all of these things.

It's a complicated set of opinions that women bring to the voting booth.

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.

I've sort of prided myself on playing characters with conscience. The first way I go about creating a character is looking at that area of conscience. What have they done, and what has it cost.

The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines.

When I find research really rewarding is when one piece of information gives you an idea for a story. That's when it's great.

Believe me, as one who has seen a number of international crises firsthand, they cannot be handled without an understanding of history.

A man with a good wife is the luckiest of God's creatures.

Old age is a flight of small cheeping birds skimming bare trees above a snow glaze.