To walk in the footsteps of the great, put on their shoes.

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.

Rejection is a challenge.

I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.

Never pretend to be who you are not. It doesn't take long before the truth gets revealed and you'll be left hurt with the results.

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after.

There is no bad in good.

No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a piece of ourselves that has no place to fit in.

Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the end of safety.

Her little ring is a little thing, but its all I could afford Now she's mine, all mine till the day I die, and I never wanted nothin' more

I grew up in a big ol' Latin family, so that's all the music we used to play - salsa music. We'd always dance and have fun. You know how families get down, man! We just had fun with it.

Life is such a precious gift. Whatever life throws at us, if we could just learn to get through that day and hang on to the next, you never know what may come. It may get worse, but you never know.