You don’t have to pay the sun to rise, the moon to shine, and the stars to glow.

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.

Life’s heartbeat...the soul seeds of opportunity" by Cinderella in Focus

You are too blessed to be holding on to people and things that hold you back in life.

We'll fight, ' I interrupt. 'And if we die, that's how it ends. Fighting. With purpose.

For when a child is born the mother also is born again.

The Left will destroy what is good to try to make what is perfect. That is the motto of the Left

Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?

The Jews didn't like him because he threatened their religion. He was saying things that didn't go with the order.

If I had, say, a tall, amateur male lead living on the campus of a rural college (Six Years), the next book might feature a short, cop who lives in the heart of Manhattan (Missing You).

I was dyslexic before anybody knew what dyslexia was. I was called 'slow'. It's an awful feeling to think of yourself as 'slow' - it's horrible.

It is easy to see that the ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world.