Satan does not care what you know. He only fears what you understand and apply. In fact, his assignment is to hinder your understanding.

You need the Spirit of the Lord to come mightily upon you. When He is in charge, your troubles are in trouble.

You can spend all your life looking for things. The truth is that those things will elude you. Change your approach. Begin to seek God and you will see things running after you.

Every child must have chores to do. It gives them dignity in work and the joy of labor.

Speed is dangerous if your direction is wrong.

When a plan fails, it does not mean we have failed. It just means we need a new plan.

May I never, I say, become that abnormal, merciless animal, that deformed monstrosity— a virtuous woman. Anything, Devil, but that.

...the movies are most people's exposure to ideas about the future.

I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.

In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business in the framework of unsavory relationships.

Success comes from believing in you when no one believes in you.

A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.