A heart of gold is more precious than a necklace of diamonds.

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.

I am nothing.I'll never be anything.I couldn't want to be something.Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.

I was the least Pop of all the Pop artists.

We can have Americans eating affordably and eating in a way that's sustainable.

It is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realise the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.

We remember with our emotions. The things that were important in our emotional life, that's what we remember.

I tried water polo and my horse drowned... that was a nightmare.

Drop jealousy and envy, for they make you ugly. Be loving, be accepting, and most of all... be happy just the way you are.

Workers in the bourgeois countries must fight for equal rights for men and women.