If you stand in the way of two people who were meant to be together, destiny's train will run you over.

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 meaning of life is life itself

Seek grace and guidance from God.

There's no nobility with war. It's tear-'em-up destruction that leaves you frustrated, bitter and angry... If you really knew what it was like for an hour, you wouldn't want anyone to go through it.

The public read newspapers, see television, they watch, they don't know if it's true or false because they're not involved.

I never had any desire to get a tattoo. If I was ever going to get one, I would get a plain anchor with a rope around it, the most unimaginative possible tattoo, like Popeye had.

Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

If you can live the beauty of the misty mornings, you are the king, you are the queen!

I don’t think there’s ever what could be called a "chilled state" in my head.

Too often, chefs just want to experiment - they want to use liquid nitrogen before they know how to use heat.

Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system