When you have higher thoughts, rid yourself of anything that threatens to lower them.

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.

You need to discover the form in which God wants your life to be

The only reality is the grace of repentance.

Skeptics always want miracles such as stepping down from the Cross, but never the greater miracle of forgiveness.

That's what we're all looking for, the place where the work leads us.

Animists are people who recognize that the world is full of persons, only some of whom are human.

Remember to keep the mind calm in difficult moments.

But come here, Fear. / I am alive! / And you are so afraid / of dying.

It's a great thing when a man knows how to dance, she said. When a man can dance, the world is his oyster." Adele, Henry's Mother

We cannot overlook the importance of wild country as source of inspiration, to which we give expression in writing, in poetry, drawing and painting, in mountaineering, or in just being there.

Being Nigerian is a strong part of my identity. Being American is a strong part of my identity. And there are important parts of who I am that really have nothing to do with my national connection.