A seed only realizes its potential the day you bury it.

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.

There’s something about human nature which draws us to people who are authentic and makes us want to repel those that aren’t.

The only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children.

By helping yourself, you are helping humankind. By helping humankind, you are helping yourself. That's the law of all spiritual progress.

I talk to you as I talk to my own soul," he said, turning me to face him. He reached up and cupped my cheek, fingers light on my temple. "And Sassenach," he whispered, "Your face is my heart.

The happiest people are fearless dreamers. They use their imaginations to create hope and possibility.

You can embark on new and steeper versions of your old sins, you know, and cry tears while doing it that are genuine as any.

While Resignation gently slopes away, And all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.

Individually, museums are fine institutions, dedicated to the high values of preservation, education and truth; collectively, their growth in numbers points to the imaginative death of this country.

Never rest on past success. Create something better.

I would never want the responsibility of being the prettiest girl on screen; it's too much.