Snails do not despair for having short legs, but rejoice for being able to travel long distances in spite of them.

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.

Perception number one, how you want people to think about you when you arrive and perception number two, how you want them to talk about you once you have left.

Stretch out your tongue and let the words drip on the world like savage shooting muses, never, never to be forgotten, if once fallen on earth, they stand in glittery defloration.

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

I am sorry to have to inform you that I do not believe in the Bible as a divine revelation, & therefore not in Jesus Christ as the Son of God.

I will be an artist or nothing!

I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.

The first man who compared woman to a rose was a poet; the second, an imbecile.

My God is rock'n'roll. It's an obscure power that can change your life. The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.

Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.

You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.