You don't win battles you walk away from.

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.

If you don't create a good message about your dreams, those who were created to pay for it can't find it. Speak them out and you will find those God created to finance it

People strive hardest to save face, when the beauty they value is solely extrinsic.

A thousand goodbyes come after death - the first six months of bereavement.

Radio is such a perfect medium for the transmission of poetry, primarily because there just is the voice, there's no visual distraction.

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Never give up hope. Know that you are loved.

I always say separate your abilities from your disabilities. You know, if I could play the violin, I don't have to play it standing up. I can play it sitting down and so on.

Undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.

There're songs to make you smile, there're songs to make you sad. But with a happy song to sing it never seems as bad.

I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to do it.