The distance between you and the door when you have had enough of your spouse is love.

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 world is as fair as you perceive it to be.

Without his father's shadow in a way, he's beautiful.

The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.

You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.

If you ever watch children play - what do you observe when you watch children play? You know, they're dead serious. They're not on vacation.

I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.

I make lots of mistakes. I try hard not to make the same mistake more than three or four times.

Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation.

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.

We're in a league of our own darling and don't you forget it.