A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

A problem isn't a real problem till you decide to make it a problem... so what's the problem again?

I am not superior than anybody, don't say i am, else i won't defend you when you get caught.

Sexism has never rendered women powerless. It has either suppressed their strength or exploited it.

I touched the wall and all my dreams, hopes and ambitions basically coalesced into one moment.

Far too few have much too much, and way too many have much too little!

The best definition of the word culture (workplaces included) that I've heard is that it's how people behave when nobody is watching.

…Perhaps this momentary life of ours is only the light that divides our infinite origin from our infinite end.

I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

We were in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. It's a nice town, but it's aggressively quaint. They've got a popcorn shop above a waterfall and parades that come through town. It's all-American.

In a way, I managed to get the deepest things, the best things out of people. That's why I'm a filmmaker. If you don't have it in you, you'd better do something else.