Life is to short to be small.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

One's first book kiss home run is always the best.

If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books.

The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness.

I remind myself: I am the best. I have the best. And I deserve the best. This is one of my personal mantras that I tell myself every morning before auditions, character work, and performances.

Try to accomplish things you have always dreamt of while you can. I know it sounds cliché, but the biggest lesson I have learned is that life is precious; enjoy it while it lasts.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

If I'm nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it's playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.

When the soul is starved for nourishment, it lets us know with feelings of emptiness, anxiety, or yearning

I can't really say why everyone loves Bob Wills' music, but I have yet to meet a person who didn't like it.

Am I going to change the world, or am I going to change me? Or maybe change the world a little bit, just by changing me?