A tree does not despair when a few of its leaves fall off because there is more room for greener ones to take their place.

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.

He took the last seat, as usual, a subtle reminder of what he was and what he had become.

I am at times prisoner to the darkness. Light will find a way in I am always assured. The sun has not died. The moon has not died. I live.

The spiritual path is not one of attainment, but of return.

I went from being a Christian missionary to an atheist.

An artist who makes pictures that look good but express nothing is like a writer whose words sound good but have no meaning.

Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.

He had a lot of different smiles, and Jane was getting to know them all.

We do our work for Jesus and with Jesus. It's not a matter of praying some times and working others. We pray the work.

The science of happiness lies in controlling our thought and getting thought from sources of healthy life.

Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste: Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.