When you hear love calling you, don’t pretend to be deaf.

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.

Fall in love to find the beauty of life.

Whatever the hell I am, I am Me.

Have you noticed when you go on a diet the first thing you lose is your temper.

[The dancing] was a challenge. It was fun, though. I was nervous, at first, because I danced so long ago that it was weird picking it back up.

I don't smoke or drink, but I will not tell you that I won't smoke again. Probably I will when I'm 60.

I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth.

Good judgment, common sense, and reason all fly out the window when emotions kick down your door.

In America, any boy can grow up to become president. Or, if he never grows up, vice president.

Seeming to do is not doing.

Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.