Success is the shyest creature, blushes when you court it, jilts you when you propose to it, reneges later and perhaps blushes again.

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 kissed her good morning like she was the reason sun decided to shine.

Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances.

I'll walk through the fireWith my head lifted highAnd my spirit revivedIn Your story

Beespittle, droppings, hairs of beefur: all become honey. Virulent micro-organisms cannot survive in honey.

A lot of good ideas are actually bad ideas because, since they sound good, everybody's already doing them.

When I was 14 years old, I was a huge fan of the Velvets, the Stooges and the Modern Lovers. They are my three favourite bands. I never get sick of 'em.

Every business should have its biographer-not after its head is dead but to show that he's very much alive.

If God is God, we cant be afraid of what we can learn.

A lot of the aspects of the world of the film are amalgams of things that already exist.

Every man is under the natural duty of contributing to the necessities of the society; and this is all the laws should enforce on him.