The question which we must ask ourselves is not whether we like or do not like what is going on, but what we are going to do about it.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

Xenophobia is when you smile at people and they don't smile back.

I'm attracted to playing people who aren't necessarily straightforward.

No matter how dark and gloomy it looks in your life right now, if you'll release the weight of those burdens, you will see the sun break forth.

What we seek in love is finding someone with whom we feel safe to reveal our true self.

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.

Women should know that they don't have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing them - that there is always time to start a new dream.

I think you need a really strong businessperson running the state, a person who's used to turning negatives into positives, which is what happens in business.

I don't see any reason why I should look for someone who never took the trouble to love me.

I think the toughest thing about being an actor in a film is to be with a director who doesn't know what they want. And that can be really, really frustrating.

I don't argue style on the basis of tastes. If you feel like you've reached your personal best, don't change.