You have not lost if you have learned one new lesson.You have not lost if you have helped one new person.You have not lost if you have overcome one new obstacle.

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.

People can make it hard for you, they can discourage and take the heart out of you, but in the end the only person who can kill your dream is you. Don't ever give up.

I loathe my own face, and I've done self-portraits because I've had nobody else to do.

It is difficult to speak of what is common in a way of your own.

Luxury is nice, but creativity is nicer.

When one has shot down one's first, second or third opponent, then one begins to find out how the trick is done.

I have no clan, nor any rank. I am unique.

Figuring things out for yourself is the only freedom anyone really has. Use that freedom.

The eternity of the spirit does not begin after death ... but is, like God, always present.

The best way to escape your problem is to solve it.

No place indeed should murder sanctuarize; Revenge should have no bounds.