Seeds are proof that God puts within you what is supposed to enrich the world around you.

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 Universe is like a loving parent who wants us to have everything we need. Claim your power and be prosperous.

Tori's my legal name. My niece and nephews, they all call me Aunt Ellen, because I went by my middle name years ago, before I turned 18.

I don't avoid confrontation, people should know that.

The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is serious in art.

I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there

Inconsistency has been overpraised by people who do not expect to suffer from it.

It is not important at all that we were all once an ape! The important thing is that how very much we evolved and how far we got away from the apes!

Agency used righteously allows light to dispel the darkness and enables us to live with joy and happiness.

You can't explain the unknown in terms of the incomprehensible.

I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not.