Building castles in the air is only wise if you build a ladder to reach them.

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.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.

It was as if she had reached into her own pocket and discovered a small pebble, as hard as a diamond, that she had forgotten belonged to her.

She was the type who chased, who danced into your life like a spring storm, and left you battered and quaking in the wake.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.

We tend to see individual differences instead of human universals. Thus, when someone says the word 'intelligence,' we think of Einstein instead of humans.

My drawings have to be quick. If they don't happen in 20 minutes or a half hour, then they're no good.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Congress must also enact pro-growth policies that encourage the economy to expand: like making tax relief permanent and repealing the death tax.

Existence is larger than any model that is not itself the exact size of existence (which has no size).