It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.

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.

A person with great knowledge is truly wealthy.

Wow, I didn’t even hesitate to call her my girlfriend. That’s a first.

A woman being never at a loss... the devil always sticks by them.

Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands

I like to leave a little room to innovate and change things around while I'm working.

We're afraid to live, because we're afraid of dying.

Vice: Whatever was passion in the contemplation of man, being brought forth by his will into action.

America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredibly stupid and smug White Protestants who live in the center, in the serene eye of the big wind.

Mistakes are life. Mistakes are not to be tolerated...they are to be encouraged. The bigger the better.

After that his Majesty was beheaded, the Parliament for some years effected nothing either for the publick peace or tranquillity of the nation, or settling religion as they had formerly promised.