Nurture a tree today, and it will provide you fruit tomorrow.

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 willingness to sacrifice who you are today for who you need to be in the future is a necessary decision on the success journey.

If you go to ice and you think, 'I must score' or 'I must get some points,' you won't score or get any points. You must go and play and don't think about it.

If we never had any storms, we couldn't appreciate the sunshine.

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

The four great motives for writing prose are sheer egoism, esthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose.

Obeying orders just to obey is the mark of a person who has ceased to think. Remember, it is better to suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.

American comedies especially are all about these men being browbeaten by their wives and it's impossible for me to watch.

Because of their cuisine, Germans don't consider farting rude. They'd certainly be out of luck if they did.

The court that serves America should reflect America.

Those who are used to a cage will weep for a cage.