“When a flower rises from the earth, it is overcoming its greatest opponent: fear.”

“Wealth wont make you happy. Power wont make you remarkable. Fame wont make you honorable. Education wont make you wise.”

“Bless the world with your mind, heal the world with your heart, lift the world with your soul; elevate the world with your life.”

“Dont mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Dont cry over the present; it has no sympathy for you; and dont weep over the future, it has no mercy on you.”

“In thoughts, be wise. In speech, be cautious. In sentiment, be positive. In actions, be prudent.”

“The darkest storms color the brightest rainbows.”

“We love music deeply, but why? Put simply: music makes lives, shapes lives, expresses all shades and stages of life - and even saves lives.”

“Your talent is a seed; cultivate it, and in no time, you will harvest success.”

“Thinking outside of the box keeps you from suffocating inside of one.”

“If you have a spark of genius, kindle it until it becomes a flame.”

“You become the master of what you master.”

“Excellence in obscurity is better than mediocrity in the spotlight.”

“This was something they could not take from us - the freedom to imagine, to create new worlds beyond this one.”