Real character is formed in the midst of the battles of the soul.

Night never had the last word. The dawn is always invincible.

Even as water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character.

No matter what your past has been, your future is spotless.

Keep in mind the challenging fact that your aim is not to get ahead of others, but to surpass yourself; to begin today to be the person you want to be.

Every man is a diary in which he writes one story while intending to write another. His humblest moment is when he compares the two

If any of you have a desire to be mediocre, you will probably find that you have already achieved your ambition.

The law of the harvest is inexorable (impossible to stop or prevent) . As we sow, so shall we reap.

If you are to be among the noble you must be noble. If you are to be among the wise, you must be wise, if you would be among the pure in heart, you must be pure in heart.

Physical fitness contributes to all other aspects of personal development and makes for rich and radiant living

The master who loved most of all, endured the most and proved his love by his endurance.

We tend to live up to our expectations.

Sympathies that lie too deep for words, too deep almost for thoughts, are touched, at such times, by other charms than those which the senses feel and which the resources of expression can realise.

Life is too short, and sometimes brutal, and in the end we have only each other... Nothing else matters.

On the last day of the worldI would want to plant a tree

You're beautiful, like a May fly.

Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you do. It brings back that element of pretend.

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.

Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God

I have to say I was very lucky in this [movie] business. I was in the right place at the right time when I first got started.