When they judge you, yawn.When they misunderstand you, smile.When they underestimate you, laugh.When they condemn you, ignore.When they envy you, rejoice.When they oppose you, prevail.

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.

Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries.

Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.

And once again Mr. Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complexity of human life so pletifuly presents.

It would be hilarious if I worked in a bowling alley.

There are lots of authentic, moving characters in so-called systems novels, just as there are certainly deep structural ideas in some character-driven novels.

I think thats the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing.

I have to learn from Sehwag how to play in the nervous 90's

The moon invented natural rhythm. Civilization uninvented it.

I would say realistically, and I don't want any headlines, but I would say realistically that next year would be the last year.

If you own a portfolio of stocks, you must learn to sell the worst performers first and keep the best a little longer.