If you invest in your critics more than you invest in your dreams, you have successfully invested in your failure.

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.

Everyone deserves a second chance to be loved: fearlessly.

Donit kill her now, just when we've gone to all that trouble to rescue her, " said Jeffrey.

Very few people have the nerve to grab their dreams. Most that you meet will be half-images or carbon copies of who they really want to be.

Ah youth, youth! That's what happens when you go steeping your soul into Shakespeare

I'm the parent. It's my job to be here for you, not the other way around.

Young people these days don't trust anything at all. They want to be free.

I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it, I destroy it because it's no longer coming from my unconscious.

It's a phenomenon that I see with young actors - a lot of American speaking parts going to British actors.

Most pleasures embrace us but to strangle.

I find stuff written about me is in stark contrast to who I am. But I can sleep well at night knowing that I did my best - I'm looking forward to my next chapter, whatever that is.