Love + truth = strengthLove + knowledge = influenceLove + understanding = powerLove + wisdom = enlightenment

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.

Laughter can be more satisfying than honor more precious than money more heart-cleansing than prayer.

Really the moment I decided I wanted to do art seriously, I left art school. I wanted to be with people who were interested in the same things I was: popular culture.

Life…never gave me a chance to be soft.

If you teach three university courses a day, you need something to turn your mind off.

Ninety-nine point nine percent of all employees are in the pile because they don't think.

Duct tape is not a perfect solution to anything. But with a little creativity, in a pinch, it's an adequate solution to just about everything.

The fruit of your work grows on other people's trees

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

May I consider the wise man rich, and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure.