If you are filled with pride, then you have no room for wisdom.

Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important. Capture the good times. And if things don't work out, just take another shot.

Life is like an elevator. On your way up, sometimes you have to stop and let some people off.

Don't judge someone's attitude until you've felt their pain.

Be careful who you trust, the devil was once an angel.

Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.

One of the hardest decisions you'll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder.

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.

Listen to what people say when they are mad, that's when the truth comes out.

A negative mind will never give you a positive life.

Any definition of a successful life must include service to others.

I think they assign things to students which are way over their heads, which destroy your love of reading, rather than leading you to it. I don't understand that. Gosh.

Life is a beautiful dream to be cherished, as long as it lasts.

We must have courage to bet on our ideas on the calculated risk and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.

I think since I did Monster I really started understanding how hard it is for first time directors. I think there's a lot of great stories out there, but it's high risk.

Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best.

I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.

It is good to divert our sorrow for other things to the root of all, which is sin. Let our grief run most in that channel, that as sin bred grief, so grief may consume sin.

Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.

As a rule, the more mistakes there are in a game, the more memorable it remains, because you have suffered and worried over each mistake at the board.