It is lightning that strikes, not thunder.

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.

This is laid down with a groove funkier and blacker than anything Prince of Michael Jackson--or any other black artist of the recent years for that matter--has come up with.

If we only understood that when we devote our lives to the glory of God, our existence on planet earth will leave marks---eternal marks.

It would be an exaggeration to say I’m not afraid of death, but I’m not afraid of what comes after, because I’m not a believer.

So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!

It is different [to perform in Israel] because it arises from very deep wells of affiliation.

Forget if you are rich or poor. All you need is faith in yourself. If you have the passion to work then just get up and set forth and you will find the way!

You'll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house.

Infrastructure creates the form of a city and enables life to go on in a city, in a certain way.

We hate Chicago and Chicago hates us and unfortunately he's on the other team and he's the big gun.

One decision can change your life forever.