Love pouring out of you is evidence of God pouring into 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.

Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.

The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.

The gospel of salvation, the divine truth, set us free.

Men must sweat to attain virtue.

I love songs that people can dance to and enjoy at the same time.

Our planet is falling victim to a rigorism, so that what is done in any remote corner affects - nay, menaces - the whole. Resiliency and tolerance are lost.

I consider music to be very sacred and I feel I'm blessed to be born with a talent which allows me to make the best of it.

The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.

We live in what is, but we find a thousand ways not to face it. Great theater strengthens our faculty to face it.

The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study.