You can paint the whole sky black, but that won’t keep stars from shinning.

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.

Oh my dear, no matter who you are, where you are, or how you are, I can hear your song. I can feel your pain, and I really care.

How could one leap on the back of life and wring its scruff?

Leaps of innovation require a bravery that borders on absurdity.

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least to the people that have been the first to fall

Flying has opened up new horizons for tennis.

Already, China has undermined U.S. foreign policy in efforts to gain access to oil resources in Iran and Sudan. We simply cannot separate the political and economic values of oil.

Very hard to get an audience. So if you're going to fill the theatre, you can't just rely on old stuff.

Trotsky found out about him - Leon Trotsky - because A.J.[Muste] worked. He was an activist. And he organized the first sit-in strike in Toledo in a factory. And Trotsky was very impressed with that.

I started eating healthier. I actually gave up fast food. I gave up candy and potato chips and everything else. I started watching what I ate.

And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I've done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.