Skill + hard work = SuccessSkill + hard work + prayer = Great success

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.

The Truth Is That Existence Wants Your Life To Become A Festival Because When You Are Unhappy, You Also Throw Unhappiness All Around.

One can forget everything, everything, only not oneself, one's own being.

[My music] is opposite to fashion.

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

Compliments you pay to yourself aren't worth having.

The most ideal approach to advance is the way of opportunity.

My decision to become a lawyer was irrevocably sealed when I realized my father hated the legal profession.

I give myself the green light to move forward, and to joyously embrace the new.

I've made a living out of music since I was 19, which is something I'm really happy about.

With it all independent I feel like we're doing it one person at a time turning people into believers one person at a time. Just that good old-fashioned grind, get out there, touch the people.