What you conquer in your soul you conquer in your world.

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.

Make us love and obey you so that the works of our hands may always display what your hands have done, until we gaze upon the beauty of your face.

Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time.

I always wanted to be an actor.

I had a great '70s. I survived it, and that's always good news.

The wise man sayth, store is no sore.

Goal setting has traditionally been based on past performance. This practice has tended to perpetuate the sins of the past.

Our bodies can be mobilized by law and police and men with guns, if necessary-but where shall we find that which will make us believe in what we must do, so that we can fight through to victory?

I don't like what you're doing, but I won't insult you. Why? Because who you are tomorrow may be better than who I am today

Growing up in the streets of Bed-Stuy, it was hard, yo.

Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.