Each time a flower blooms, the world is reminded that there is beauty in new beginnings.

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.

To be happy is to be healthy.

Mr Reichman was brilliant and very good at what he did, but he was still a man, and men rarely knew what decisions a woman had or hadn't made.

You know, it sounds corny, but I believe in myself. And I work hard.

I’m not the woman president of Harvard, I’m the president of Harvard.

May your rice never burn,' is the New Year's greeting of the Chinese. 'May it never be gummy,' is ours.

We cannot foresee what the Lord has in mind for us. Our only course of action is to be prepared and worthy for whatever he requires. We must govern our actions every day with our future in mind.

Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about. If it is good to say or do something, then it is even better to be criticized for having said or done it.

In a civil war… every side is wrong. It’s hopeless to try to untangle it. Everyone is a victim.

Life itself is pretty funny when you realize how absurd it can be.

A determination never to do what is wrong, prudence, and good-humor, will go far toward securing to you the estimation of the world.