Calm yourself and you calm your storm.

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 believe in recovery and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

My life mission is to spread peace to the world.

I was walking along looking for somebody, and then suddenly I wasn't anymore.

We have the ability to become far more powerful and happy and healthy than we ever dreamed possible. At any age.

This is my first week as an American citizen. It's amazing. Now I can vote in the general election - and for American Idol.

If you can't take it, you won't make it.

California has all the beauties of youth as well as its idiocies and vices.

The bear is what we all wrestle with. Everybody has their bear in life. It's about conquering that bear and letting him go.

Hire slowly and fire fast.

When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can.