Pray greatly.Pray gladly.Pray graciously.Pray gallantly.

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 music of memory has its own pitch, /which not everyone hears.

My first jobs after graduation in 1955 were as a project engineer for G.E. and later with the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., where I met and married my wife, Dolores Celini.

A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.

I think colors are miraculous. We live in a universe that is extremely creative and magical. We become happier as we appreciate these things in nature.

Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

Procrastination is a lazy man's apology.

I came from this very traditional background and I benefited hugely from feminism. I felt privileged going to university and doing a PhD. Most people of my background don't get to do that.

A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen.

They called me the sexiest economist in America, and that was years ago, when I had hair and body mass and my teeth were shiny.

I have fun making films. I love making films. It's the only thing I know how to do. And I do it well.