Your original self is worth more than your imitation of someone else.

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.

To catch you're elusive dreams you must be prepared to track it to the ends of the earth. Let nothing stop you're pursuit of dreams.

To be a writer you have to write -- and no academic degree is going to do the writing for you.

It was his vocation to pleasure as many women as possible, in pursuit of his own pleasure. It was as close to a job as he got.

A tender sadness drops upon my soul, like the soft twilight dropping on the world.

I will continue to pursue my music and live my life with my family.

Ennui is the echo in us of time tearing itself apart.

When you're getting $2,000 a month in the minors, it's hard not to eat Taco Bell every day.

A quaint conceit, don't you think?

There are two victims in every abortion: a dead baby and a dead conscience.