When reaching for the stars, beware of those who want to cut off your hands.

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.

You are perfect. Treat yourself like the being of beauty you truly are.

Being a professional cricketer, you have to adapt to the conditions quickly. It takes time to get rhythm when you are constantly traveling from one country to another.

Break open the cherry tree: where are the blossoms? Just wait for spring time to see how they bloom.

There's a perception that British pies suffer from mediocrity, and historically they have. We're trying to re-educate people about what pie is.

My father was a man of love. He always loved me to death. He worked hard in the fields, but my father never hit me. Never. I don't ever remember a really cross, unkind word from my father.

I don't care how nice one is to you, the thing you must always remember is that almost never does he really see you as he sees himself, as he sees his own kind.

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.

English is weak in describing emotional states or intensities of interpersonal relationships.

We should try our best to pour out all the burdens in our spirit by prayer until all of them have left us.

I don't think the players play with the same desire they once did.