You learn the value of water when the rivers are dry.You learn the value of light when the winters are prolonged.You learn the value of food when the fields are bare.

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.

The more prose I wrote, the more the pendulum swung back toward the middle, merging some poetic sensibilities with the more fundamental elements of creative prose.

Being a lady is an attitude.

Both the writing and the visuals in that sense are very exploratory. It goes back to my rule for myself [in] making it.

I collect words and phrases for naming the children of my brush.

A self-help book can't really address a problem unless it's individualized. It's not going to talk about a globalized problem.

Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.

Biggest pent-up negative wealth effect you can see in the economic data going back to 1952.

The logic of the heart is absurd

I was in like nine schools by ninth grade, so I moved a ton of times when I was younger.

People don't always remember what you say or even what you do, but they always remember how you make them feel.