Ethics is doing more than the law requires and less than the law allows.

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.

It taught that there are three versions of things: the one I see in my mind, and the one that carries onto the paper, and then what it ultimately becomes.

We shouldn't judge people or try to figure out what makes them tick. We should just leave them the hell alone.

The secret to staying atop your priorities is to schooled regular times for review and reflection.

And that’s the truth I needed to swallow: people don’t step out and love for you

There's a kind of release And a kind of torment in every goodbye for every man.

I played a killer twice. Once on 'Matlock,' on Andy Griffith's show, I got to play the killer.

The height of all philosophy is to know thyself; and the end of this knowledge is to know God.

I think the American people should know there's already strong influences toward another deployment of American troops in an open-ended commitment.

Two are better than one if two act as one.

Literature in France seems to be undergoing a crisis now, and nothing comes immediately to mind.