I would rather be average and wise than be extraordinary and imprudent.

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.

My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me.

With years a richer life begins, the spirit mellow: ripe age gives tones to violins, wine, and good fellows.

When you have no idea how to surrender and you're tied up in knots, JUST BREATHE!

What was so miraculous about a relationship that was based more on my gratitude than on mutual self respect?

I am a pastor so I eat and breathe the Church.

I never calculate. That is why those who do, calculate so much less accurately than I.

Our minds are shaped by the books we read. Our characters, by the people we meet. Our spirits by the love we give.

I can't always be Lois Lane," I insisted. "I want to be Superman, too.

My ultimate aim would be to captivate an audience, even just for a second.

I had to change the shape of my own voice. It was quite hard to pull off and so once I had it, I stayed in Hitchcock's voice all day on set.