Adversity is opportunity inside out.

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.

Somewhere along the way we all go a bit mad. So burn, let go and dive into the horror, because maybe it’s the chaos which helps us find where we belong.

I pray Father that the work of my hands would be a blessing to all who I come into contact with.

My waist is a 30. The jeans are a 28. When I fart, the Reeboks blow off.

Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.

I never got down with conveying a larger-than-life vibe.

Fang took the entire family out for coffee and donuts the other night. The kids enjoyed it. It was the first time they'd ever given blood.

It's the way Hillary Clinton goes on the attack and tries to hurt victims of sexual predations. I mean, she's the one who says that victims should be taken seriously.

Schooling deprived of religious insights is wretched education.

And, so yeah, I'll always want to work in independent films because you're not forced into a category or a formula.

It is inconceivable that anyone could say we have tried to hide anything