Hard work is the bridge between success and your dreams.

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.

A wolf can only curse a lion when surrounded by its peers.

I understand you. I know you love me. I wish you were there.

I have watched lives change. I have seen women gain confidence.

To be the world No. 1 has always been a dream for me.

People say history is boring, and that is true because people are boring. We haven't changed since time began. We're still the same.

There may be frugality which is not economy. A community, that withholds the means of education from its children, withholds the bread of life and starves their souls.

The historical data support one conclusion with unusual force: To invest with success, you must be a long-term investor.

Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.

I believe Saddam Hussein's strategic objective was, and remains, to assert dominance over the Gulf region.

The police are very mean people sometimes.