Your highest potential is in your highest love.

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.

Human beings not only can't bear too much reality, we flee from reality when someone doesn't force us close enough to the fire to feel the heat on our faces.

When someone speaks against a person its gossip

In prayer we call ourselves 'worms of the dust' but it is only on a sort of tacit understanding that the remark shall not be taken at par.

Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.

I wonder if it's possible for people to fall in love with a person one characteristic at a time, or if you fall for the entire person at once.

Your denomination is not defined by a style. So don’t let style become a point of contention.

An epic subject requires a writer of epic skill and scope, and we have a perfect pairing in Cleopatra and Stacy Schiff. Absorbing and illuminating, this new biography will endure.

Money is never more important than your body and mind, but you must work and support yourself. Never depend on others for your livelihood.

Rights might be universal but their enforcement must be local.

He is the best passer of a ball in the world, and Real's style fits him. (on David Beckham)