Being asked one day what was the surest way of remaining happy in this world the Emperor Sigismund of Germany replied: "Only do in health what you have promised to do when you were sick."

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

I did 'Good Morning America' with David Beckham. Oh, god, what a handsome devil that guy is.

For those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them.

Foolish is my happiness, and foolish things will it speak: it is still too young—so have patience with it!

Comandante Fidel Castro is a gifted communicator. He is a brilliant, brilliant mind. But the thing that struck me most about him was he was not a "nationalist."

Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on.

Detroits industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.

I should have shut up when I went up there and talked to Carlton Fisk.

Excuse me, I said. I thought you were a trout stream. I'm not, she said.

Achieve some perfection [excellence] yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others.

Inner peace is not found in things like baseball and world championships. As long as I feel I've done the best job I possibly could, I'm satisfied.