An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Don't let your imperfections conveniently excuse you from having discipline. Have the courage to work through your imperfections.

Always try to avoid repeating the same mistakes

Surely words are just the background music when passion pounces on a soul.

I've done a bunch of jobs since 'Deadwood' went off the air, but it's always been a very high bar that those other shows have to live up to.

Folly always knows the answer.

The Italian mafia, they're very [into] construction. They're in a whole different way of operating than they did back in the '20s.

The secret of karma yoga which is to perform actions without any fruitive desires is taught by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita.

Now more than ever is the time to really work on learning a money management system that can work, no matter how low things seem right now.

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.