The uglier the caterpillar the lovelier the butterfly.

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.

Positive belief in yourself will give you the energy needed to conquer the world and this belief is the power behind all creation.

I know Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

destruction is ultimately self-destruction.

Everyone just did what their parents did. So that immediately made me skeptical of the whole religion thing, even as a kid. So I never was really into religion as a concept.

A game of chess is not an examination of knowledge; it is a battle of nerves.

But at the end of the day, every star, every person that been iconic, has gone through a time in their lives where it was just bad. Everybody. It just made them better.

I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.

If you have everything, then you don't want to go on. It's the lacking that makes you search for something better.

Aussie sledging? I'm just glad they've heard of me!

Love is like those second-rate hotels where all the luxury is in the lobby.