If you kick a lion when it is down, God help you when it gets up.

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 only sin is the sin of being born

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

The future depends on what we do in the present.

The world hasn't ended, but the world as we know it has-even if we don't quite know it yet.

I became a terrible drunk or alcoholic - or a good one depending on your point of view.

Did your great-grandfather have any children?

We're all in this together if we're in it at all.

Humans are basically good. That's why it takes so much training to march march march kill kill kill kill.

If people don't like the trailer, then blame it on the people who made the trailer.

Mistakes and prejudices are as interesting as anything else. They reveal a lot about the mind set and culture of the time under consideration.