If money could buy happiness, the rich would not drown their sorrows in expensive wine.

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.

i am learning that when love wants to stay it will stay.i am learning that when love wants to go it will go.

Our situation is intolerable, but what's worseis to sit here and do nothing.

I'm of the age and immaturity level that I cannot give you my respect solely because you are older or ranked higher on an imaginary totem pole. I give you my respect because of your actions.

When you get to a certain age you find that other people’s opinions don’t really matter anymore, and you get kind of uncomfortable with your place in modern life.

No language is rude that can boast polite writers.

There is a part of me that is not fulfilled by acting. It is a self-involved life; it can feel shallow, but not very often.

I grew up in Barranquila, Colombia, and I spent most of my childhood dreaming about becoming a singer.

I think the guiding principle for me is working with people, because I don't know how long it's going to last, I want to seize the moment and work with people I want to work with.

No affectation of peculiarity can conceal a commonplace mind.

Cats like men are flatterers.