Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, and a little more loving, have a little more empathy, and maybe we'd like each other a little bit more.

Birds fly over the rainbow. Why then, oh, why can't I?

Behind every cloud is another cloud.

The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.

We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.

I've always taken 'The Wizard of Oz' very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I've spent my entire life trying to get over it.

Joy is our native conditionLet go all non-joy and there is joy

everything is ridiculous if one thinks of death

Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency.

The most dangerous trap is just living and forgetting that God exists.

I'm drawn to people who look different. I'm not exploiting. I'm not making fun of them. I'm drawn to them.

We all feel love, and that might sound kind of corny, but I really feel that's what joins musicians together around the world.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

would be better served by continuing to hold an ownership position in a pure-play sporting goods retailer rather than a retail conglomerate.

God's love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God's love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.

The dice are stacked against them