You can blow out a candle, but you cannot blow out a star.

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.

In the race of life, what matters is to complete your race.

In life we all have choices.

The butterflies have flown away, like my ignorance and youth.

I think children in general have a very hard time - at least I did - expressing any pain because I didn't want to hurt the people that I loved.

Why don't we just buy one airplane and let the pilots take turns flying it.

Maybe self-improvement isn't the answer, maybe self-destruction is the answer.

Its funny - when you look at the real A-listers nowadays, look at how many live in and around Hollywood. Most of them live on a ranch in Utah. Its no coincidence these guys get in and get out.

Even the elders can give a number of helpful hints.

I don't know anything about the business side, but I know it's a very, very expensive decision to make, to put production on hold to make the story as good as possible.

The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies.