If we had a penny for each time God smiled at us, we would all be billionaires.

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.

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

I find that with some girls, the words 'work' and 'education' have gotten a bad rap.

Leadership is a role you have to earn in order to be effective.

For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.

The greatest asset of any nation is the spirit of its people, and the greatest danger that can menace any nation is the breakdown of that spirit-the will to win and the courage to work.

Regardless of whom you pray to, during war our experiences as a community and as mothers are the same.

It's miraculous how much easier the computer has made my sort of work.

For of all hard things to bear and grin, / The hardest is knowing you're taken in.

In Florida, then, and for farm workers for the most part in the US, there's a real sense of economic segregation. In the South, the structures of economic segregation still existed.

One of the best lessons I learned early is that not everything in life is about you. It is about service. If you want trips and excessive gifts, then don't get into public service.