By becoming interested in the cause, we are less likely to dislike the effect.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.

We are gods in the chrysalis.

It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.

A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still

Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.

As much as we seek approval, we dread condemnation

Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

CASSIO: Dost thou hear, my honest friend?CLOWN: No, I hear not your honest friend, I hear you.CASSIO: Prithee, keep up thy quillets.

Any virtue can be taken too far.

What I like to think, and perhaps it is an adolescent thought, is that anything can happen. As long as you think that anything can happen, it will. We're all allowed to have our dreams.

I've made it clear for years that the threat from Iran is grave.

If we cannot find a way, we will make one.

People who are successful simply want it more than people who are not.

The noise that we can expect in the future will only increase and we'll be wishing for rural Portugal or something like that.

That's a big battle to win, to be able to do a main title sequence and a theme song these days. That's not something network television does anymore.

Nothing in Art is achieved by will alone. It is achieved by docilely submitting to the subconscious.

On a day - alack the day! - Love, whose month is ever May, Spied a blossom passing fair Playing in the wanton air