Because a spoon is made of gold does not change the soup’s taste.

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.

I think [Guettel is] probably one of our most special writers now, pushing things in ways that are unique.

Error is just as important a condition of life's progress as truth

I'll be right here in my spot wit a lil more cash than I already got trippin off you cause you had your shot

As a bounty hunter, I have to dress the part. If I came to the door and looked like Carrot Top, you'd laugh.

When the year turns, there are bells on the wind. All the old years fall on the ground in lights.

What I do is really helping people in maximizing their income and to live the lives they want to live. I effect they're families, I effect their beliefs about themselves and it gives me so much joy

I'd always been quite quiet growing up, and singing was a way of having a voice.

I can't put this delicately - everyone goes to their high school reunion wanting to see who they 'beat.'

We must not allow this generation to produce record numbers for the juvenile justice, runaway and homeless youth, or foster care systems.

You can't sue a president, a former president. They're indemnified.