Don't beat yourself. That's the worst kind of defeat you'll ever suffer.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, " Valkyrie said. China glanced at her. "They've obviously never met me.

It is better to seek the glory of God than human beings.

He that will not permit his wealth to do any good for others ... cuts himself off from the truest pleasure here and the highest happiness later.

When you do television, there's more to do, and when you do new television, there's a lot more to do, especially when you don't have partner. I miss not having that person.

You're not living until it doesn't matter a tinker's damn to you whether you live or die. At that point you live. When you're ready to lose your life, you live it.

Safety, reputation, their lives, their friends, and their world. Writers typically try to avoid that because it's not expedient.

My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately

I loved everything. I read everything. Art and poetry and literature and trash and sci fi. I didn't know what I would become yet and I needed to read to figure it out.

It's funny, but... you're sort of a moving target for fortune, and you never know when it will befall you.

There must be a judicious arrangement of all the parts. Considered conversely, the artist's task is to fill his panel with a design that conforms to its shape and is beautiful in itself.