It is not the size of the ring, but the size of the love.

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.

Money never sleeps, pal

We are usually on bended knee before laws or angrily reacting against them, both immature responses.

Every man is enthusiastic at times. One man has enthusiasm for thirty minutes another man has it for thirty days. But it is the man who has it for thirty years who makes a success in life.

I'm taking a vow not to advise.

I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.

I'm not the man to baulk at a low smell, I'm not the man to insist on asphodel. This sounds like a He-fellow, don't you think? It sounds like that. I belch, I bawl, I drink.

I am urging the parents of black and Latino youngsters particularly to not let their children go out wearing hoodies.

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

There's no one way of telling a story or looking at reality, so I think any device is up for grabs as long as it fits in with the tone.

Don't make a black woman take off her earrings".