Achievement does not require extraordinary ability. Achievement comes from ordinary abilities applied with extraordinary persistence.

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.

Be someone who listens, and you will be heard. Be someone who cares, and you will be loved. Be someone who gives, and you will be blessed. Be someone who comforts, and you will know peace.

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment.

Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy.

Life does not owe you anything, because life has already given you everything.

You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.

Spread the seeds of encouragement far and wide, and delight in the bountiful harvest that they will surely bring.

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

Don’t make excuses for why you can’t get it done. Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen.

Everyone likes talking about himself. - Hercule Poirot

Kevin Feige said to me: "I don't think we've ever put an actor through quite as much as this, physically and mentally." I'll wear that as a badge of honour. It was endless.

Gather a shell from the strewn beach And listen at its lips: they sigh The same desire and mystery, The echo of the whole sea's speech.

I think that's what's really beautiful about music, that it is little pieces of your heart and soul.

It has been said that a bride's attitude towards her betrothed can be summed up in three words: Aisle. Alter. Hymn.

Chris Porter scored his first league goal last week, and he's done the same this week.

I think anyone who's perfectly happy isn't particularly funny.

The Scouts are a private organization and have every right to set their own membership standards.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

You can't do anything about the past. And you don't know what the future is.