You have to fight great battles to guard your mind, extraordinary battles to protect your heart, and remarkable battles to defend your soul.

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.

Sometimes people need to know they could be forgiven to have the strength to change.

Night helps us appreciate daylight, while lengthy days make us yearn for a good stretch of night.

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

Creating your own reality is the richest gift you received at birth.

Pretending to care what men think is an art. It takes moments to learn, but lifetimes to master. I'd like to believe I'm an expert.

Nothing changes, until you change. Everything changes, once you change

And it occurred to him that there were two parts to being a better person. One part was thinking about other people. The other part was not giving a toss what other people thought.

So I'm in my 51st year of playin' mostly nightclubs. I do some concerts.

The man who finds a truth lights a torch.

Be led by your talent, not by your self-loathing; those other things you just have to manage.