A bird in a nest is secure, but that is not why God gave it wings.

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.

This was it, he knew it, was sure of it, this was the door which would take him back—

The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch.

You are my heart. Even if you are a broken heart

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

I believe that the people who survive a cataclysm, rather than those who stand by and analyze it, are nearly always the more credible witnesses to their own history.

I would be happy at a piano bar, singing. I just want to home in on being the best singer I can be.

O Fortune, how thy restless, wavering state has fraught with cares my troubled wit!

I'm comfortable looking sexy. I don't push it with poses, although I like the ironic part of it. That's what makes it fun.

I got fired when I was a dishwasher at Denny's. That set me back a little bit. You don't realize how important dishwashers are until you do the job.

One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.