Scars are your greatest medals in life.

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.

One can make war to everything - but not to Peace.Puoi far la guerra a tutto - ma non alla Pace.

Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.

If embarrassment were a muscle, I'd be huge.

And, well, that's my story," I said. "I'm sorry that it's so, you know. Retarded.

Shakespeare is dangerous to young poets; they cannot but reproduce him, while they fancy that they produce themselves.

My mother taught me to always be strong and always work hard. She's been working hard her whole life for me and my brother. I'm a lot like her in that I work hard for what I want. She taught me that.

The best team I ever saw, and I really mean this, was the '61 Yankees.

Dreams are not easy. Dreams are painful. They force work and commitment. They are challenging and motivating.

Build your skills, not your resume.

But again, I put in my time with Marvel and DC so there was that period of my life of trying to learn how to draw and tell stories in a proper fashion.