The first point of courtesy must always be truth.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Go relentlessly in the direction of your ultimate purpose of life and that which makes you happy.

Puritanism - the haunting fear that someone somewhere may be happy.

The more conscious I am of the work God has yet to do in me, the less critical I am about what he has yet to do in you

Clare seems so pleased with the idea of me as a pirate that she forgets that I am Stranger Danger.

I'm used to working alone. Frankly with some of the actors I've worked with, I've felt like I was working alone.

So many people want me to hate him and destroy him, but I don't want to. I want him to be happy. He's not a bad person.

Everybody's excited about the new service economy, even though there is no actual service as near as I can tell.

There's stuff I don't like to rehearse, really emotional things, I don't like to rehearse. You just beat it to death.

I always say to my wife, don't tell anyone I watch this [shows like The X Factor and Pop Idol], but it fascinates me because I've done so many auditions and been knocked back.

Do not be 'against' anything. Being 'against' weakens you. Be 'for' what you want. Being 'for' empowers you.