One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.

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.

How do you stop those who will stop at nothing?

I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.

I think of how and why and what happened and the thoughts come easily, but the answers don't.

There are 60 million of us [britains] crammed into an area the size of a state. So you don't have that feeling of remoteness at all, ever. And that's reflected in the way our media works, and so on.

To live is to feel oneself lost.

A true understanding of who God is, who we are, and the missionary task should drive us to our knees and keep us there.

The Monmouth Coffee Shop is the best place in London

I think I already understand about life: pretty good, some problems.

It's hard to differentiate between a vision and a delusion - both cause you to see things that no one else sees.

You know what, I just write what I feel.