Love's light conquers hate's darkness.

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.

The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house.

music / I let it wake me / take me / Spin me around and make me / Uh get down.

It's easier to be terrified by an enemy you admire.

Sometimes the most important conversations are the most difficult to engage in.

I never really liked Italy. 'Lots of cement' is my long-standing quote.

Our thoughts and imaginations are the only real limits to our possibilities.

Guilt is one of those useless emotions I refuse to indulge.

Most human beings will not stand in front of a stage and tell you about the bad things they did.

Great programmers learn how to program their tools, not just use them.

Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.