Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.

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.

Family is just accident, Jessie. It's nothing personal, hon. They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even mean to be your family, they just are.

Ah, the outdoors,' Shallan said. 'I visited that mythical place once.

One of the most beneficial of remedies is persisting in du’a.

I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.

I spent years crying in my diary. But I finally stopped finding fault with myself. We're all different, yet the same.

Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be.

What is that in his hand?" "A cleaver. As in-" "Butcher's knife." "You got it." "I hope not." "He does not look happy." "Are you sure it's a he?" "I don't want to know.

A blogger is an average person who happens to have a need to count his friends every half hour.

A possibility is a hint from God. One must follow it.

Give me to drink mandragora.