Beautiful gifts sometimes come wrapped in ugly paper.

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.

I hate you for making me want you so much.(Edward)

It's all well and good to look back after the fact and see what we should have done, but we rarely know what path is best when we take that first step.

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men or they are no better than dreams.

When one is a stranger to oneself, then one is estranged from others, too.

You don't have to look a certain way to have a hit record.

Martin Luther King wanted to be morally consistent and speak out against various things that were wrong, not just racism.

We have defeated Saddam Hussein and Iraq. The good news is Iraq is ours, and the bad news is Iraq is ours.

I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme joy.

Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them.

All these non-singing, non-dancing, wish-I-had-me-some-clothes fools who tell me my albums suck. Why should I pay any attention to them?