The master proves himselin recognizing his limitations.

Live each day as if your life had just begun.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Life is full of unfairness but you'll have to deal with it, as long as you're able to take a breath.

Human sexuality has been regulated and shaped by men to serve men's needs.

To protect us from terrorism, we must have the best, absolutely the best gathering of intelligence anywhere in the world.

Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy . . . Your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products.

When Alexander had subdued the world, and wept that none were left to dispute his arms, his tears were an involuntary tribute to a monarchy that he knew not, man's empire over himself.

In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it.

Sometimes you learn more from films that aren't terribly successful and, indeed, sometimes you learn more from real disasters than you do from the ones that succeed.

As an actor, you can show up on a set and be on a TV show for three or four years, or whatever it is and, by the end of it, you just want to do something else.

To my undying shame, I do read reviews. I don't read them all, but I like to get some kind of idea how things are going.

It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.