The real strength of a man is not in the size of his muscles, but in the size of his heart.

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.

We are all born with a muscle for courage, but our education has wasted it away.

A flawed rose is better than a flawless dandy lion.

Comedy is learning to be funny, and you learn to be funny in small rooms with young audiences.

I work on my voice through what I have to sing.

It's surely summer. for there's a swallow: Come one swallow, his mate will follow, The bird race quicken and wheel and thicken.

I've dated a number of 'mama's boys.'

I always feel scared and insecure on a film set. I don't know any other way.

I had big shoes to fill, but the way we have been playing has made the transition easy.

When a fact can be demonstrated, force is unnecessary; when it cannot be demonstrated, force is infamous.

I suppose in London they all drink from the same watering holes.