Keep your eyes on your dreams, not on your haters.

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.

Roses are wilting, Violets are dead, The sugar bowl is empty, and so is your head.

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

I realize now how much courage it takes to choose the life you want, whatever that might be.

Let me tell you what I just heard. Talk, talk, talk, I. Talk, talk, talk, I. Well, what about me?

America is about choices, including those to live certain lifestyles.

I eat cold eels and think distant thoughts.

My hair is my everything: my best friend, my mentor, my moral compass.

It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile.

Whatever healing work we each do contributes to the healing of us all.

You can act as nice as you can 100% of the time, and it will still not make everybody say nice things about you.