A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.

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.

you give your best for today, you create a greater tomorrow.

When life gives you a second chance, don’t just run with it…fly.

I pictured a girl who made every moment, everything she touched, and everyone around her feel lighter and sweeter.

Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.

A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away.

Good fashion for me is like rock ‘n’ roll – there’s always a little rebellion in it.

Let someone else take your place in line, Let someone else be first. Let someone else achieve realization before you.

It's not fair that people ignore AIDS in Africa because it's Africa. It's not fair.

Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far.