Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate.

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.

The sun stopped shining for me is all.

I have my loyal cyber-buddies out there, and I really do answer my e-mail. I'm in my pajamas at 3 in the morning with my zit medicine on. I owe everything to them.

What disturbs people, these are not things, but the judgments relating to things

But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.

I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.

Nature, the handmaid of God Almighty, does nothing but with good advice, if we make research into the true reason of things.

I believe in health care reform. I don't believe in the way this bill was passed.

Opportunity knocks only once. You never know if you'll get another opportunity.

It turns out that we determine who our leaders are by unconscious undertones we all project with our voices - and of which we're completely unaware.

I have to say that I thought search-and-rescue duties over Snowdonia were physically and mentally demanding, but looking after a 3-week-old baby is up there!