Stars do not shine on their friends alone.

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.

Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects.

We can love and do righteous acts only by grace.

Think, dream and expect great things. For would you rather be correct in your perception? Or would you rather be exceptional in your life?

...to the last I grapple with thee

There is at least as much eloquence in the voice, eyes, and air of a speaker as in his choice of words.

The longest sentence you can form with two words is: I do.

Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.

I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold.

While the banks got big bailouts, a sizeable chunk of African-American wealth evaporated because so many people lost homes.

You're Dominican only if you do this, this, and that. And if you do this and that, you'll be accepted to a certain degree and if you don't, people will scorn you for it.