Don’t climb a mountain to look down on people below, but to get a clearer view of the stars above.

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.

Aubrey, crouching on a nearby counter, watched me with squinty eyes, apparently pondering why anyone would willingly immerse themselves in water ever, let alone for extended periods of time.

When the people whom we love the most leave us, we start learning to live with the shadows they have left inside us.

Feature in God’s team of trainees and you will play for the winning team! This is your heritage that you will lay hands on the trophy!

Existence has billions of doors, but death has none!

The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes.

YOU HAVE A VAAGGGIINNAAA!

When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.

Not a lot of conservatives on this list. Are more liberals than conservatives screwing up America?

Planning is design. As a designer what I tend to do, and what's different from being a painter, is that I interact with other people, and the people have things they need to have happen.

You never really get to touch anything that you're doing unless you print it out. I don't really enjoy making artwork on a computer because it doesn't seem like I've done anything.