Never allow temporary defeat to keep you from lasting victory.

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.

You act like beauty is the only thing that makes us worthy of love.

People have been bred to hate for generations -- eons, maybe. Some fundamental urge. Something implicit in the human condition.

I'm a pretty funny guy, and I would love to do a comedy with a bunch of funny guys - movie-star guys, where they could help me through it.

Pure motives do not insure perfect results.

There is never one absolutely right thing to do. All you can do is honor what you believe, accept the consequences of your own actions, and make the best out of what happens.

He would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.

Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.

If you haven't had your life what have you had?

The structure of apartheid is still rooted in the Haitian society. When you have apartheid, you don't see those behind the walls. That is the reality of Haiti.

I've never worked for a newspaper. I've had some very bad reviews in newspapers.