So many people sabotagetheir own chances for happiness—don’t be one of them.

Sometimes being happy willrequire some difficult conversations.Some of those conversationswill be with yourself.

If someone tries to undermineyour commitment, re-evaluateyour commitment to them.

Identify your driving motivationand you will have all theencouragement you need.

To be happy, you need to dothe right thing for you, even when it feels like thehardest thing in the world.

Live your life with courageousintegrity. Do the right thing, not the easy thing.

There is a big difference betweenbeing self-ist and being selfish—putting yourself first doesn’t meanyou have to put everyone else last.

The most importantcommitment you will ever makeis to being the best you can be.

Being the best you can betakes courage. You need to ownyour decisions and have thecourage to see them through.

It’s easy to be brave wheneverything is going your way.When the going gets tough, it takes courage to followthe path you believe in.

Be honest with yourself.You can’t be the bestyou can be unless you knowwho you really are.

Life is about trying to find our ways back to our one shared soul. When we’re looking out at the stars, we’re looking into ourselves.

Every single immigrant we have, undocumented or documented, is a future American. That's just the truth of it.

Don't read what everyone else is reading. Check them out later, cautiously.

I'm just a loud Irish guy.

You have to clean out the pig barn every week because you know your pigs are in there doing their jobs every day.

A democracy cannot function effectively when its constituent members believe laws are being bought and sold.

Man is the will, and woman the sentiment. In this ship of humanity, Will is the rudder, and Sentiment the sail; when woman affects to steer, the rudder is only a masked sail.

For every step in spiritual perception, three steps are to be taken in moral development.

Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and strength I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy.

Film is like football - you join a team, get close to one or two people, then never hear from them again. I don't get emotionally involved. Do one, move on.