The shrewd, like chameleons, embrace change by using it to their advantage.

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 a collection of lost causes, stashed here so no one has to see just how wounded we are.

The humblest individual exerts some influence either for good or evil upon others.

We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security Council, has no grounds, including legal grounds.

Our children are the only possessions we can take to heaven.

My greatest debt will always be to the movie-going public of yesterday and today, without whose love and devotion I would have had no story to tell.

Revisionism is a healthy historiographical process, and no one, not even revisionists, should be exempt from it.

sometimes what you miss the most is the way a loved one made you feel about yourself.

Every time I get up and sing for people, I get such a high. I just want to do it again and again.

Everyone wants to work with the big new producer or the hot new singer. The key is to find them before they're hot.

I like the digressive kind of traveling, where there's not a particular, set, goal.