Life is enthusiasm, zest.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off.

Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.

Have a very good reason for everything you do.

If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights.

Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it.

The art of persuasion. The actor persuades himself, first, and through himself, the audience.

Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. You'll be afraid you can't achieve it. It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best.

Use your weaknesses; aspire to the strength.

Shakespeare - The nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God.

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.

Always see the positive aspect of every situation you find yourself

He was a consummate politician-- which is to say he was given to expedient speech and lacked even a vestigial spine.

The goal is essential to getting what you would like." ##

Future is the most difficult problem of our era.

It can't be anyone but youI always wondered whyA million "thank you"'s piled upAnd before I knew it, it was loveI was in love with you

A flower is a plant's way of making love.

The outlet for my sorrow, that I do feel deeply, and the pain, is the songs. That's where it goes.

People don't want to be 'marketed to'; they want to be “communicated with.

God tries his votaries through and through but never beyond endurance. He gives them strength enough to go through the ordeal he prescribes for them.