Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.

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.

He leaned upon her as if there was no other support anywhere in the world, and she held him as if she would undertake no other task for all eternity.

Natural selection is not the wind which propels the vessel, but the rudder which, by friction, now on this side and now on that, shapes the course.

If you had to jump six or seven feet or certainly drown, it's surprising how far even older people will jump.

I think we all have our own mission, duty, fate in life so for me somehow I think I am always walking on the edge of life and take risks.

There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.

Whatever men expect, they soon come to think they have a right to; the sense of disappointment can, with very little skill on our part, be turned into a sense of injury. (senior devil speaking)

In real life I've learned to love not wearing any makeup whatsoever, and I'm super low-maintenance when it comes to my hair.

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.

I did lots of Shakespeare and classics, and I just kind of became that person. I was a bit of a snob.