People can hurt you, but you can still love.People can betray you, but you can still trust.People can put you down, but you can still rise.People can oppose you, but you can still prevail.

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.

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.

His principles were out of date, but there was a good deal to be said for his prejudices.

When a great adventure is offered, you don't refuse it.

Don't sacrifice what you wish for most for what you wish for now

You have the capacity to change the plotline of your life, even if you've been acting from the same script since before you can remember.

If you can have a couple of tight friends that you can tell things to, that you can say, 'Hey, this is what I'm struggling with,' and then pray and talk about it, then that's an incredible thing.

Grace is not the freedom to sin; it is the power to live a holy life.

Wealth is a responsibility and the sharing of it a way of life.

Dolphins may well be carrying information as well as functions critical to the regeneration of life upon our planet.

But one man never laughed. He was a giant among men. He was Bobby Darin and he was my friend.