A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond.

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.

...Don't you just hate a phony-looking stiff?" - Aunt Edna

This zipper only comes down for you.

Faith is a very clever concept. We invented God from our imagination and we use faith to justify His absence from reality.

Tough Olympic news for the Romneys. Ann Romney's horse Rafalka did not advance to the Olympic finals. Apparently it was beat by a smooth-talking socialist horse from Kenya.

So long as Donald Trump is powerful and popular, Fox News is going to achieve an advertising bonanza unheard of in the era of modern cable, because people will pay them to talk to the president.

But calm, white calm, was born into a swan.

Nothing is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person if the proper words are used to convey it.

This is a big f...ing deal!

Ed Miliband doesn't give a damn about what he looks like, how he dresses. He came into politics to change society.

Success is less about luck, and more about practice.