To enter the door of greatness you need the key of faith.

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.

People don't get drafted into being housewives. It's a voluntary experience, so people are putting themselves into this situation voluntarily.

But cheer up - we could be selling tobacco. It's not like software kills people if used as intended

People in Northern Ireland vote for their church, they don't vote with their heads; it is ridiculous.

Santa Barbara is my hood. I mean, it's not much of a hood, but it is definitely like my hood. I claim Santa Barbara like I claim my family. I'm going to be married and buried there.

I knew an actor's career goes up and down and back up again. Your standing in this business can't be your whole identity; otherwise, you're doomed

A mathematician will recognise Cauchy, Gauss, Jacobi or Helmholtz after reading a few pages, just as musicians recognise, from the first few bars, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert.

There is no use in your walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being just as unsuccessful near home.

I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself

Suffering lets us see where are attachments are - and that helps us get free.

If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.