A lion conquers more in one day than a sheep in a lifetime.

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.

Remember if you write, write, write, you can never be wrong."---Stephanie Skeem Author of Flotsam

Wise people are only wise because they have lived many lives before.

Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.

I think everybody in my generation, we wanted to be Elvis.

Golf always makes me so damned angry.

Sometimes you might be a fan of bands but you don't know where they're from.

Lesson one in time travel, Thursday. First of all, we are all time travellers. The vast majority of us manage only one day per day.

I have a very solo career. I only write with people that I really adore.

The joys of love...last only a moment. The sorrows of love last all the life long.

Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise. The rich harp on the value of thrift, the idle grow eloquent over the dignity of labor.