I've never stopped trying to do what's right. I'm not doing it to earn favor with God. I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do.

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.

Bringing joy to another lights a thousand suns within.

If you can't laugh, you won't make it.

The world is a stage where we come to play and go.

He that will learn to pray let him go to Sea.

Islam has always been a part of America’s story.... And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States.

"Novels and gardens," she says. "I like to move from plot to plot."

There's a film I did called 'Front of the Class', about a teacher who had Tourette's. That was a beautiful blend of drama and comedy. There's some great moments of levity in the script.

I'm Reconstructionist; I don't serve the Sabbath, but I go to synagogue.

The ears of the common people are holier than the hearts of the priests.

I think trusting your instincts and doing what is right by you is the most important thing, because at the end of the day you go to bed and you wake up as you.