Flawed genius is better than flawless talent.

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.

The moment when kite becomes free, it will fall down!

There is no disappointment we endure one-half so great as what we are to ourselves.

Some people say they feel very small when they think about space. I felt more expansive, very connected to the universe.

I just wanted to make movies, but I never though about, "How am I being perceived because of my culture or my skin?"

I'm always thinking about women, and what we need to hear. It's difficult being a woman. It's so much pressure, and we need that support sometimes and we need that escape sometimes.

People have become inappropriate. People have pushed too far. People have climbed one too many fences. I'm just tired of it.

Follow your dreams, quit your job

Well, when you're relaxed, your mind takes you to the whole reality. There's no such thing as time when you're really relaxed. That's why meditation works.

No religion is a true religion that does not make men tingle to their finger tips with a sense of infinite hazard.

If you want people to listen, you have to have a platform to speak from, and that is excellence in what you do.