I have made noise enough in the world already, perhaps too much, and am now getting old, and want retirement.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

Like the 'good' characters in literature, the sane don't have any memorable lines.

The beauty he saw in her was the beauty she forgot to see in herself and what a beautiful reminder, that love is what will see us all through.

I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects.

Picture what others wish to be, not what they may be now

What family you were born into matters so much more than it did before in a perverse way.

You were a stone wall, a fort in high, unreachable trees, an island, my own island, that no boat could reach.

I learnt the verbs of will, and had my secret; The code of night tapped on my tongue; What had been one was many sounding minded.

My portraits are half what I see and the other half is invented or dictated by the person and the painting.

We have become a sloppy bunch of people. We say things we don’t mean. We make promises we don’t keep.

You have a lot to learn before becoming a champion. Once you are champion, you must accept the consequences.