You become greater than what you conquer within.

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.

A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.

Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.

Possessiveness isn’t love. I’m not even sure it qualifies as an emotion.

If you see the blood, then there's an easy association of the violence. The violence that happens when there isn't blood is actually much more subversive and unsettling.

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You must fight for it, strive for it, and insist upon it.

Don't give up when the pressure mounts. Face your doubts. Master you fears.

It is not a simple life to be a single cell, although I have no right to say so, having been a single cell so long ago myself that I have no memory at all of that stage of my life.

Behold not with anger the sins of man, but forgive and cleanse.

Don't get involved with anyone who doesn't respect his mother.

The fact that you're friends doesn't necessarily equate to great chemistry.