I will no longer take anyone's word for my experience.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.

Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.

You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

The American idea of racial progress is measured by how fast I become white.

Hate will only eat the truth, then spit out a lie.

The best people always care their goodness, civility, courtesy, and fairness. But not the bad.

Take risks. Take chances. Don't be afraid. You gotta go into life brave.

Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.

Life is the saddest thing there is, next to death.

If you aren't passionate about a vision, it's hard to have faith in it.

Thus, though I have heard of successful military operations that were clumsy but swift, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays.

I bought a house for my mom, I bought a house for my dad, I bought a house for my sister.

The older I get, the better I was.