Shine your light so bright, and no one will need a telescope to see 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.

Life is at its best when everything has fallen out of place, and you decide that you're going to fight to get them right, not when everything is going your way and everyone is praising you.

Simple is never that simple.

You amaze me and its hard for me to turn away and make it not so obvious that I'm looking at you.

I will fight with all the weapons within my reach rather than let myself be nailed to a cross or whatever.

I think I'm a man that's basically misunderstood.

I never know how to worship until I know how to love.

He is more worth to you, perhaps. But the stranger is someone else's friend and brother. So which life is more important?

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

I'm going to put that on my gravestone. "He created such a category of unwanted pop culture - Famous for directing unwanted cultural references".