When people try to pull you down, remember, they had to look up to do so.

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.

I love them both as though I birthed them both, but also as though I adopted them both.

Love your friend with his fault.

I loathe crowds. I especially dont like cities. A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.

These days, teachers have it rough. Kids can be hyperactive, disobedient, and obnoxious. It must feel like being locked in a room of drunk midgets.

I don't believe in dieting.

I was hopeless, now I'm on Hope Road.

Once you finish paying for college you could reduce your life insurance.

Hephaestus glowered up at us. “I didn’t make you, did I?” Uh,” Annabeth said, “no, sir.” Good,” the god grumbled. “Shoddy workmanship.

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done

In heaven above, And earth below, they best can serve true gladness Who meet most feelingly the calls of sadness.