Don't be afraid! We won't make an author of you, while there's an honest trade to be learnt, or brick-making to turn to.

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 cannot force someone to believe something they do not believe

My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.

It starts with a crush, it then may turn into love, and hopefully will end up as soulmates.

Fish," he said, "I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.

The whole thing resolves itself into our mental ability to control our thought. The man who can do this can have what he wants, can do what he wishes and becomes what he wills.

You cannot get an influence from the cuisine of a country if you don't understand it. You've got to study it.

... it is a matter of civilizing everyone or not being civilized at all: the decay has always come from a partial civilization.

The world is like a little marsh filled with mint and white hawthorn.

It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting.

Quality is subjective. There are quality blockbusters; there are quality versions of every genre and it doesn't necessarily mean money.