You can be happy even if your bones are broken, but no man is happy when his heart is heavy.

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.

Happiness is such a fragile thing, isn't it? So easily burst, like a bubble blown by a child, and always on the verge of being carried away.

We are all born like Catholics . . . in limbo, without religion.

There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What the country really needs is a good five-cent nickle.

Well, guys are better at mechanical stuff and women are better at emotional stuff.

I'm not impersonating anybody. I'm perfectly satisfied with what I am.

I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.

Don't give us your doubts, gives us your certainties, for we have doubts enough of our own.

The soul started at the knee-cap and ended at the navel.

We know great art by its effect on us. If we are prepared to look without preconceptions, without defenses, without haste, then art will change us.