When people try to bury you, remind yourself you are a seed.

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.

Whenever I write I always transport myself into the story to get a better glimpse to what I am capturing.

Take the time to get it right. There'll be gas tomorrow night

You can experience consciousness now by experiencing the fact that you exist.

We keep telling God our opinions; He keeps asking us about our hearts. We'll grow the most when we have the right conversations.

We don't have to be afraid of dying because it's not really death that scares us. We are afraid of not having lived.

The effect of a good government is to make life more valuable; of a bad one, to make it less valuable.

It is harder to be unhappy when you are eating.

I think the economy in the US has surprised. The old adage is that if America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. If the US economy does well, the global economy will do well.

The desperate addict is closer to the heart of grace than the devout moralist.

You can make your life whatever you want it to be