A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly.

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 doctor may know more than a peasant, but a peasant and a doctor know more together.

The value of consistent prayer is not that [God] will hear us, but that we will hear Him.

The bad things don't seem to happen to bad people.'That's because they already did. There's no original evil left in the world.

The same arguments which go to show that knowledge is power, that the condition of a people is improved in proportion as the masses are educated, have their application with equal weight to the deaf.

We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.]

To break a Navy Seal, you have to kill us. That's why we can make it into our training. That's why we can call ourselves Seals because the only way your gonna break us is to kill us.

Being good felt like a heavy coat, so I took it off.

Losing is like smoking. It's habit forming.

I now know that me giving my all and giving my best will result in my needs being taken care of and provided for.

Black belt in Akihito. (Amanda) Any other time, I'd kiss you for that. (Kyrian)