Accept the place the divine providence has found for you the society of your contemporaries the connection of events.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Every one belongs to every one else.

You got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and latch on to the affirmative. Don't mess with Mr. In Between.

I support anyone's right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?

Jesse Jackson, when I met him, he had an innocence about him which is still very much a part of him today.

I think that with any emotion - fear, love, nervousness - if the actor's feeling it, then the audience feels it.

My natural inclination is to think in scenes. So that's how I write, and the issue for me is usually: what to compress for speed.

An American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi-Gras in New Orleans.

There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.

Love is the essence of a full and wonderful life.

The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.