A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

So many words get lost. They leave the mouth and lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves.

Faith has a role to play in life. It is not related to success. It is the other way round. Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

For things to have value in man's world, they are given the role of commodities. Among man's oldest and most constant commodity is woman.

Successful minds work like a gimlet--to a single point.

There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man.

Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain.

I have grounded my preaching upon the literal word; he that pleases may follow me; he that will not may stay.

If I'm singing, I'm happy - that's what I've learned about myself.

I made my first investment at age eleven. I was wasting my life up until then.

Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.