The only race you are guaranteed to win is the one you run 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.

What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.

If you want to succeed in making a son of Africa stupid, simply give him power or money. But If you intend to make him more stupid, then give him the two.

Blessed is he whose own faults keep him from seeing the faults of others.

Marriage is going to be that happy state in which we get all of the nurturance and care and love and empathy and even good advice that we didn't receive from our families.

I danced for 15 years of my life. Which was my love and my passion.

Beating the drums for Hawaii is not hard to do... the place just grows on you.

One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.

Stories are the most important thing in the world. Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all.

To think and to live missionally means seeing all life as a way to be engaged with the mission of God in the world.

I wanted to play football. It was what I did best at school and I'm pretty sporty, so that was the idea. Music was always a hobby, innit. I was more ahead with football.