I was loaded with sheer ability, spelled i-n-h-e-r-i-t-a-n-c-e.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

The best vision is insight.

Presence is more than just being there.

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.

If you've had a good time playing the game, you're a winner even if you lose.

...we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the "do" part of faith.

…the world was a vale of tears—it always had been.

I blinked at her, suddenly loathing her to the depths of my soul. Not only was she probably rather evil, and definitely thoroughly unpleasant, but she also didn't read.

It is hard to struggle for success but harder for survival.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

Camus himself described this work as 'an attempt to understand the time I live in'.

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit.

What is the universal? The single case. What is the particular? Millions of cases.

My life came down to being a granny and watching a lot of television.

I like tea and yoga, but I don't do yoga.