If you don't build your dreams, regret will build your nightmares.

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.

How could a mother who boils water for pasta leave two little girls behind?

Only where there is language is there world.

Anyone who sees the realism in Lynch truly understand poetry!

It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.

People are tired of seeing politicians as all talk and no action.

I love reviews. Anybody who tells you they don't read reviews is a liar.

I've been to all 50 states, and traveled this whole country, and 90 percent of the people are good folks. The rest of them take after the other side of the family.

I watched television a little, but I mostly just drew and read magazines.

When you’re unsure, jump with your eyes closed and legs wide open

I think every morning we wake up offers a new beginning, a new way of stepping into the day. I think every conversation could be a new chance.