Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

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.

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.

If you have shed a thousand tears, expect a thousand blessings.

...but sometimes mindless entertainment was a release of its own. Most important, mindless entertainment didn’t come with complications.

Hmmm. What you’re saying is that you’ve never been kissed?” He picked at a string on the blanket under us.

You are meant to be here. There are no coincidences. It's all happening the way it was meant to be.

Im also performing regularly in Southern California with two bands. As a solo artist doing acoustic sets and a member of the Jenerators, my rock n roll band that has been around for a long time now.

Thinking that what you want equals what's best for you is a dead end.

Most people like praise . . . When it is really deserved, most people expand under it into richer and better selves.

Mountains define you. You cannot define / Them.

The difference between a hero and an also-ran is the guy who hangs on for one last gasp.

The prison of lust is just that very one of which the soul shuts the doors upon herself; for each act of indulgence is the shooting of a fresh bolt.

I believe that change keeps you young.