Do not hire those who are incapable.Do not fire those who are capable.A small, devoted army is greaterthan a large, indifferent one.

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 haven't a clue why I've lasted so long. There's no reason. There are many people more talented than me. I think it's luck.

You cannot buy loyalty; you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, and souls. You have to earn these things.

I only judge people by the depth of their squat.

The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.

I wasn't sure how people were going to take to the stories I was telling and the things I wanted to sing about.

I was told that I had to give grades to the students, which I wasn't particularly interested in doing.

For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.

Well, you know, like, I don't really give a f**k what the general public think.

You asked me if I ever stood up for anything. Yeah, I stood up for my life.

...the fact [is] that our borders leak like a sieve: those things cannot be permitted to continue in good conscience.