If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.

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.

Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it- it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy. When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.

We rise and fall as one people, one nation.

The very best garden is a new one, on virgin ground. Plants leap out of that spot.

Benjamin Franklin didnt win 21 Grammys right?

There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel.

Any time you think you have the game conquered, the game will turn around and punch you right in the nose.

It is those who get lost, who find the new ways.

Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land.

If ever I were to have a symbol attributed to me, it would be a heart, the outline!

A man--be the heavens ever praised!--is sufficient for himself.