Priceless diamonds often shape in worthless dirt.

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.

He who studies old books will always find in them something new, and he who reads new books will always find in them something old.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol that's part of society.

I think the most important idea is to remember that there have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal.

When you don't give money, it shows that you have the devil's nature.

The closer I get back to being who I really am, the stronger the music gets.

I'm an illegal alien and have been for many years. If you rub my skin, I go green.

Human beings were behaving as human beings and not as cogs in the capitalist machine.

See now, how men lay blame upon us gods for what is after all nothing but their own folly.

Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.