Envy is admiration laced with resentment.

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 wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture.

Managing your emotions doesn't mean you don't express yourself

Forget the times of your distress but never forget what they taught you.

As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend.

I know this, the Federal Reserve is private and the I.R.S. is screwing us.

As long as I have you there is just one other thing I'll always need - tremendous self control.

I love to create and that's what gives my soul the satisfaction.

The woman of tomorrow will be efficacious, seductive and without contest superior to man. It is for this woman that I conceive my designs.

If there's any possibility for enlightenment, it's right now, not at some future time. Now is the time.

I've always been anxious about 'Primer.' There's good things about it, but all I've seen for a long time is the flaws.