When the sails are strong a ship has no reason to fear turbulence.

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.

We are blessed with a finite life, but our imaginations are infinite.

The things we remember are what we hold on to. And what we hold on to becomes the story of our lives.

America stood at the summit of power, emerging from the Cold War as an economic, cultural and military force without equal.

I would like to write a Book which would drive men mad, which would be like an open door leading them where they would never have consented to go, in short, a door that opens onto reality.

American high schools have physically imprisoned young people, stripped them of civil liberties and fed them a diet of p.c. pap.

I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.

To transform the world women need to demand their place - which is not equal, but superior.

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.

Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives.

the heart of the backlash argument: women are better off 'protected' than equal.