Love poured out multiplies love poured in.

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.

Befriend knowledge

Darkness and light. Black and white. But which is death, and which is life?

I'm Anna May Wong. I come from old Hong Kong. But now I'm a Hollywood star.

I am aware that America is and must always be a land of freedom including freedom of speech. But there is a right time and place for everything

All connections matter, but the people you depend upon matter most.

That's a big love letter," she says, squinting. I know what I'm going to say and for a moment I wish there was a film crew documenting my day-to-day life: "I've got a big heart," I say.

Nothing panics politicians like $4 a gallon gas.

Rewards and punishments, to speak frankly, are the desk of the soul, that is, a means of enslaving a child's spirit, and better suited to provoke than to prevent deformities.

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm.

When you're with the person you love, you're home.