Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

You will always find me writing and reading as long as I have the breath of life within me.

I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work - which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. I'm a lousy delegator, but I'm learning.

I believe that everyone deserves love, and sometimes looking outside your own culture is a good way to find it.

DNA is the messenger which illuminates that connection,handed down from generation to generation,carried,literally,in the bodies of my ancestors.

Dead men are not friends to living men, and give them no gifts. (Ghan-buri-Ghan, of allies during war)

The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.

Memory is like all other human powers, with which no man can be satisfied who measures them by what he can conceive, or by what he can desire.

There are two aspects to being competitive; one is to do with sports, and the other is about technical skills. Being able to recollect the moves and apply them when necessary is a critical aspect.

I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.