Become so good they can't ingore you, and you are on the path to success.Become so good they can't stand you, and you are on the path to greatness.

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.

In the three years I played ball we won six lost seventeen and tied two. Some statistician ... calculated that we won 75 percent of the games we didn't lose.

There's a vintage which comes with age and experience.

Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still willing to go along for the ride.

I am selfish. I am cruel. My mate cannot be less than I.

If you think you have a better mousetrap or car, or shirt, or whatever, you've got to tell people.

O human creature,you are the investigator without knowledge, the magistrate without jurisdiction, and all in all, the fool of the farce.

You play a part, and as soon as a movie is over and the camera stops, you go home and you're not really responsible for what you've done.

The first love affair you must consummate is the love affair with yourself. Only then are you ready for a romantic relationship.

I certainly don't see the humour in my work as something that detracts from its seriousness. It's just a way of making difficult messages more palatable.

You do not know the first note of the music that moves me.