Encourage many, enlighten many, and you will empower many.

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 am waiting for the day

The only way to fight the darkness around us is to light a fire within us.

There must be some atom of our life hidden here, lingering in this quiet somewhere.

It's no fun to think about infinity and no cinche to write about it. Again, it helps to look for some human link.

Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.

Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.

It's not a cry you can hear at night. It's not somebody who has seen the light. It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah.

Poverty has many roots, but the tap root is ignorance.

I have a tendency when I feel myself getting stuck, my impulse is to go to my cupboard and find chips to eat.

I've always made music - pretty much since I was born.