A flower must bloom inside first before revealing its beauty to the world.

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.

Self-belief, also called self-efficacy, is the kind of feeling you have when you have, like a Jedi, mastered a particular kind of skill and with its help have been able to achieve your set goals.

Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.

There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.

Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words…By means of art were are sometimes sent - dimly, briefly - revelations unattainable by reason.

Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.

I ain't a new artist, I'm good in the studio, I don't need somebody to hold my hand in the studio. I don't even really want them all over my album or anything like that.

Mary Poppins is magical and fun.

People cry at weddings for the same reason they cry at happy endings: because they so desperately want to believe in something they know is not credible.

Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.

When you're feeling lonely and no one is around Remember to look inside yourself and a best friend will be found