It's better to stand by someone's side than by yourself

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

It is so much easier to live placidly and complacently. Of course, to live placidly and complacently is not to live at all.

The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.

There's only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the disappoint­ment s.

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

The branches of the trees looked as if they were holding hands and bowing their heads in prayer.

To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all.

We almost manage to forget that things happen that we don't anticipate.

The habits we form from childhood make no small difference, but rather they make all the difference.

The best calumnies are spiced with truth.

This days one must be careful to avoid awakening the pain of another.

I'm a big foodie, I do a lot of yoga - I love yoga - I love running... I just enjoy being really active, and traveling.

My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this.

When to give grace? I'd rather stand before God knowing I loved others too much rather than regretting that I judged too harshly.

I started eating healthier. I actually gave up fast food. I gave up candy and potato chips and everything else. I started watching what I ate.