Love is the only rose whose thorn's prick is sweet.

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.

Your life today is a direct reflection of the decisions you made and the actions you took.

I have two great duties in each day: firstly, to identify why I woke up and secondly to be convinced of why I must retire!

The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.

A lot of people are bored of all the political correctness.

The transformation of the social world is at its heart the transformation of personal relations. That's the key to transforming society in the larger arena.

In today's global economy, however, it is important to raise the bar of excellence even higher. Today's students must be prepared to compete effectively on an international level.

What's the difference between a three-week-old puppy and a sportswriter? In six weeks, the puppy stops whining.

I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip But where my own did hope to sip.

Our eyes meet. I hear a train horn, so faint it could be wind whistling through an alleyway. But I know it when I hear it. It sounds like the Dauntless, calling me to to them.

It is always more easy to discover and proclaim general principles than it is to apply them.