A house from which nobody ever went away without feeling better in some way. A house in which there was always laughter.

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

The first duty of a leader is opti­mism. How does your sub­or­di­nate feel after meet­ing with you? Does he feel uplifted? If not, you are not a leader.

My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.

As God once said, and I think rightly.

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

I never practice my guitar. From time to time I just open the case & throw in a piece of raw meat.

Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.

In daylight I belong to the world . . . in the night to sleep and eternity. But in the dusk I'm free from both and belong only to myself . . . and you

Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... Rule 2 is: Do not go fighting with your land armies in China.

We are not to be anxious about the unknown future or to fret about it. We are to live in a moment-by-moment dependence upon God.

Wherever you are, be there with love.

Freedom is the brevity to resist detrimental act.

Well, Mrs. Charlie Wylde, I love you more than a fish loves the water.

I spent a lot of my childhood in my own head, making up stories. I didn't have a lot of outside influences, so I was able to make my own decisions about what I wanted to do.

Architecture must make connections

I have to have an emergency phone number in case anything happens

Nature meant me A wife, a silly, harmless, household dove, Fond without art, and kind without deceit.

I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.

The economy is like a machine.

There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives