Less fear, more courage.Less doubt, more faith.Less talking, more action.Less ignorance, more knowledge.

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.

Four days will quickly steep themselves in nightsFour nights will quickly dream away the time.

We are going to do everything that we can to protect working families in this country.

The script is the coloring book that you’re given, and your job is to figure out how to color it in. And also when and where to color outside the lines.

The Appropriations Committee in the Senate is out of control, out of control on spending.

The eye with which you see God is the same eye with which God sees you; one in seeing; one in knowing; one in loving.

It's a blessing not to be alone in your grief but it's also painful to see your parents and siblings in pain.

The internet has created a transnational audience. If you publish something in the New York Times, it's read all over the world. Who knows how big this audience is or how long it will last.

You may be sure that in this new international system, the American citizen will count for precious little.

To have big success, you must have big dreams, and you must be willing to take a chance.

I have known people throughout my years of playing where maybe they had a gig, but then lost the gig because they didn't really move forward with them.