Action is king, but wisdom is queen.

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.

The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies

Now they will rest before shouldering the endless work they were created to do down here in paradise.

We all know, intuitively, that if something is humanly possible, it is possible for ourselves.

Don't worry so much about 'not supposed to'.

A man who grows that much hair,' critics were fond of saying, 'must have a lot to hide.

The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world.

I think there are so many little hurdles and impediments with stand-up that you'd need to have this insane desire to do it if you didn't have something that clicked right away.

Well, it looks like the all-star balloting is about over, especially in the National and American Leagues.

The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job

When people talk about the death of the novel, they are speaking of the need for the birth of something different.