Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

Get mad, then get over it.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

Where there is forgiveness, there is always love.

The future was something I had resolutely ignored. If didn't put my full attention to the day at hand, I was afraid that the impenetrable dark on the horizon would engulf me

Peeling off my skin / leaving just my eyes behind / You see inside my head / Still know that you are mine.

It is a matter first of beginning-and then following through.

The old problems - love, money, security, status, health, etc. - are still here to plague us or please us.

I think you learn about yourself through experiences - as many of them as you can manage.

It's something that's always been there for me, that I have huge blue eyes - it's been something that people have always talked about.

O Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine! To fold a world in the embrace of God!

Success for me is just having a job and have the studio feel confident that I can go out there and make a movie that people will enjoy.

I still need practice in enjoying the fruits of success.