A tree does not stop growing because the wind blew off a few of its leaves.

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.

Inconvenience in progress, work is regretted.

What if the drive to survive was a form of faith, a form of prayer?

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.

It sounds funny, but my biggest fear is that I'm not perfect. I'm a perfectionist, and I get upset when things go wrong or when I don't do well.

We are not certain, we are never certain.

We'd go to the fraternity house. It was a good place to practice. But we really wanted the kids to overhear us. And whoever heard us would go nuts over it.

What you believe about you impacts you more than what others believe about you.

The disgust with dirt can be so great that it keeps us from cleaning ourselves--from "justifying" ourselves.

I make movies for money, exclusively for money.

If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the world.