The loveliest flowers sometimes grow in the ugliest places.

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.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

I wanted to play in the NBA, I wanted to play sports, I wanted to do all this. And I have. I think I am becoming a man.

Only fools worship their tools

Men are only as great as they are kind.

While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.

But my miracle was different. My miracle was this: out of all the houses in all the subdivisions in all of Florida, I ended up living next door to Margo Roth Spiegelman.

I knew what I wanted to be at 8 years old - an actor!

Basically we are all looking for someone who knows who we are and will break it to us gently.

There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before.

I feel like acting is something I've been working towards longer. And it would be great to win a Grammy, of course, but for some reason, an Oscar speaks more to me.