An oak tree is just a small nut that persevered against the taunts of doubt and fear.

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.

your love, your facial expression, your spirit and your words to the wise is my fervency: special for my mom and dad

#Writers, #artists, and #poets don't get the respect they deserve until they are either dead, or they cut off an ear Mozaiah T.

Music is the medicine of the mind.

When I drove for British teams... they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.

You have to track every single thing you eat if you want to keep posting big numbers on the scale each week.

I think fame can come and go.

We have to be more modest in what we claim.

Sometimes you have to abandon your own children for other children.

I'm an artist. I'm interested in how art gets made.

The word 'democracy' and the name of Assad do not blend very well in much of Syria.