He who is shallow cannot think deeply.

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.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind exceedingly fine.

Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.

Strategic plans cause more dumb decisions than anything else in America.

Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities.

Therefore our choices need to be made carefully. Every single thing that one of us thinks says or does, impacts all the rest of humanity on one level or another.

When you look in the mirror what do you see? Do you see the real you, or what you have been conditioned to believe is you?

Tact is good taste in action.

The greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish.

... We probably funded a rate of something like one out of ten solo teams.