A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Nothing will work unless you do.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

Each time you teach, you learn something else you needed to know.

Life everlasting in a state of happiness is the greatest desire of all men.

Everything was believed except the truth.

If a leader's actions don't back up his or her words, those who are trying to follow will first grow confused.

There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.

I believe that the existing power structures in Europe and Northeast Asia are not sustainable through 2020.

I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies.

I am happy being based in Leeds, I feel settled.

Every picture one paints involves not painting others.

One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered. Every story is its own kind of expedition, with its own set of challenges.