I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.

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.

I still have energy and some degree of youth, which is what a filmmaker needs.

Are you tired of sand being kicked in your face? I promise you new muscles in days!

We've learned that we've allowed technological capabilities to dictate policies and practices, rather than ensuring that our laws and values guide our technological capabilities.

The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont

I think that systems that are based on employment are illogical and attempts to meet them create all sorts of unnecessary complexities.

I've learned quite a lot, over the years, by avoiding what I was supposed to be learning.

People must be able to use their voice, tell their stories, have their experiences recognized and their voices heard.

The properties which differentiate living matter from any kind of inorganic imitation may be instinctively felt, but can hardly be formulated without expert knowledge.

I make stupid errors because I don't concentrate. I let things bother me.

Nothing ages so quickly as yesterday's vision of the future.