In the pursuit of your dreams, you are your greatest assetand doubt is your greatest liability.

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.

Her wavy, shoulder-length hair was the colour of polished mahogany.

Prayer implies surrender to the will of the giver, demand preconceives a right to receive. Pray, my dear, and you shall receive.

Isn't it sad that so often it takes facing death to appreciate life and each other fully?

If you had one day left to live, what would you do?

I lived in Los Angeles in the '80s, which was not the best place to be.

I like L.A., I like the fans, I like to come out here to work.

I'm gonna stick your head so far up your *ss your gonna have to cut holes in your nipples to see!

He can't possibly live up to the person you've built him to be

Since integration is so slow, and the white man knows the problem must be solved, the only thing that he can do tomorrow is, is separate, because we're already separated.

The biggest thing I’ve heard for the last four months is, ‘Thanks for ruining my childhood’.