Be practical, be skillful, be teachable, and you will be successful.

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.

One day at a time, one round at a time, one step at time.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."-Jimi Hendrix

She has a long journey ahead of her. She doesn’t need to hear she will lose before she even begins

Fighting for men back then, I think, was just more a way of life, especially if you were a soldier obviously.

When you take a photo at 1/1000 of a second, the moment can become an eternal fact, an eternal moment. So we have a philosophical problem of objectivity and subjectivity.

I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage.

The Republican Party was just as scared of the Tea Party as the Democrats were. We just didn't know it at the time.

Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.

It's better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a cow.

I really believe that I am the first and only artist to throw not just the 'subject' out of my paintings, but every 'object' as well.