The greatest secret in the world is that you only have to be a small measurable amount better than mediocrity ...and you've got it made.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.

Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day.

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again.

I will not allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's complacency, for this is the great foundation of failure.

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.

I swear, the reason for full moons is so the gods can more clearly see the mischief they create.

There is no greater place for damage (than marriage) because there is no greater place for glory.

For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.

When you have eliminated the impossible, what is left, no matter how unlikely, is the truth.

Happyish. Well, happyish isn't so bad.' 'It's the most we can hope for.

It’s just that I’m the kind of person,' Rebecca continued, 'that thinks if you took a map of the whole world and put a pin in it for every person, there wouldn’t be a pin for me.

Growing up, my sisters were both into dancing, so I went to a lot of dance recitals, mostly because there were always pretty girls in leotards.

What we leave behind in this life is the memory of who we were and what we did. An imprint, no more.

Insects are my secret fear. That's what terrifies me more than anything - insects.

People are not saints just because they haven't got much money or education.