A vessel's beauty does not determine how much water it carries.

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.

My feet were keeping in time with the music, but my heart was pounding out a different rhythm altogether.

I carry inside myself my earlier faces, as a tree contains its rings.

If we give a hundred percent in whatever we do in life, practice one art form and pursue one sport, we eventually tend to evolve truly as ‘A Complete Man (or Woman)’.

I'm a terrible dancer! Oh, I'm an awful dancer!

Every question I'd ever had God answered and still continues to answer every one I have today. It's really amazing what God can do.

Religion is born out of questions, not answers.

Art is not so much talent as character… it's what you are, the qualities of the person.

God is not satisfied with appearance. God wants the garment of justice. God wants his Christians dressed in love.

Salvation for our educational ills... will have to come from within an educational community willing to say we have met the enemy and it is us.

There's good in everybody. Boost. Don't knock.