You will never be free until you free yourself from the prison of other people's opinions of you.

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.

I would encourage you to embrace life in your living.

I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.

mosquitoes were using my ankles as filling stations.

The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption.

I like being by the ocean.

Mark Twain cannot be defined.

A plagiarist steals from one person. A true artist steals from everybody.

We have grown used to money. The handling, the increase of it, is the chief business of life now with most of us.

I guess there are different ways to handle success. You can multiply it financially and use it to multiply your net worth. That's always been very appealing to me.

I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos.