The greatest weight a bird has to drop before it can fly is fear.

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.

Most people do not want to follow a leader, they want to command the leading of a servant.

He who does not desire or fear the uncertain day or capricious fate is equal to the gods above and loftier than mortals.

The high prize of life the crowning fortune of man is to be born with a bias to some pursuit which finds him in employment and happiness.

I do believe, as my father once said, that "No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out."

I want to stand for something, and it's probably going to be something that some people stand against.

Success is the result of psychologically preparing for it, prior to achieving it!

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.

We runnin around in thousand-dollar clown suits, Better get some boots when Lucifer turn your city to Beirut.

Well may your heart believe the truths Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell.

I live by 'Earnin' and burnin'.' Meaning, I like to make money and spend it before I even have it. That's the way I live my life.