Wisdom is better than flattery, even if bitter in your ears.

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.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them.

I think my attitude to human beings has changed since leaving prison.

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating.

I don't have a lot of stomach for people who don't show up to a set knowing their lines because you're keeping 150 people waiting.

when we're married, can we go to the ocean? I've never been

See the Congress' track record. It has taken the nation backwards. They keep talking about Rights. The Nation is tired of your Acts, the Nation needs action.

Truth is without flourishes or manners and runs with a logic all its own.

I didn't find my friends; the good Lord gave them to me.

Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each other's nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but the most monstrous private deed.