Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good

I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features.

You do what you can to help your team win, whether it's playing that many minutes or 24 or whatever is asked of you, you do. You prepare yourself to play as much as you're asked to play.

If you're going to do something, make it right and make it as good as you can. Don't waste anybody's time, especially your own.

But really, there are no coincidences. Coincidences are just other people's choices, plans you don't know about.

I love what I do, but I never want to OD on celebrity.

Someone doesn't think immediately, "I want to be a lobbyist."

Light-heartedness always made Soames suspicious - there was generally some reason for it.

I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.

Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell?