Creating a child takes no love or skill; being a parent requires lots of both.

Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be.

Take pride in how far you've come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don't forget to enjoy the journey.

The key to a better life: Complain less, appreciate more. Whine less, laugh more. Talk less, listen more. Want less, give more. Hate less, love more. Scold less, praise more. Fear less, hope more.

People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world.

Pretty isn't beauty. Pretty is how you look; Beauty is who you are. Pretty is in the face and body; Beauty is in the heart, mind and soul. Pretty fades; Beauty grows.

Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the New year will bring new opportunities.

What will matter is not your success but your significance.

When someone is nasty or treats you poorly, don't take it personally. It says nothing about you, but a lot about them.

Success in anything important rarely comes without the Five Horsemen of Success: planning, effort, positivity, perseverance and resilience.

The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don't dwell.

My art, my greatest art, is the skill to live within me.

The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.

The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.

The ultimate verification of our religion consists of the changed lives to which it can point and for which it is responsible.

I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.

What if we had a chance to do it again and again, until we finally did get it right? Wouldn't that be wonderful?

The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.'

Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.

You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.

Beware the beast, but enjoy the feast he offers.