Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.

Joy comes when you turn it over to God to deal with. This is when you will feel the true release from it's weight.

The purer your light, the lighter you will be.

What doesn’t belong to us, we have no right to call our own. One can’t win anything by force, ever. That is not what we, Kashmiris do. That is not what we, Indians do.

Sometimes a person has to be dead a while before people can appreciate what they did when they were alive.

A mother's sorrow is more true, honorable, and beautiful than the detachment of the sage.

Far away is far away only if you don't go there.

You're never going to see the fat Elvis in me. People I admired like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and John Belushi all died at 27. I've got jeans older than that.

I think that at some point everybody turns into their mother or their father, it's just not normally from morning to afternoon.

I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce woman.

You mustn't take any award so seriously.