The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

Being a child is like nothing. It's only being. Later, when we think about it, we make it into youth.

I was stunned into silence, the way I always was when he touched the sky places of my heart.

I started as a journalist for magazines in New York City, so it was always storytelling. And moving into movies was a natural transition.

I think something wonderful is going to happen to me. Maybe tomorrow. The phone can ring and your whole life can change.

If it came down to that, I'd protect you in a heartbeat.

The media only writes about the sinners and the scandals, he said, but that's normal, because 'a tree that falls makes more noise than a forest that grows.

Surprise comes from defying expectations.

My experience in life tells me that the values that are now being labeled 'conservative' are the only way that blacks can get ahead.

The [Liberal] federal government's trouble is that they have a wishbone where they should have a backbone.

During inflation, Goodwill is the gift that keeps on giving.