There really is no such thing as failure. There is only the rearrangement of plans and surrender of ego.

You cannot become a master until you actually take the leap, do the work, make several thousand mistakes, and live to tell about it.

When a performer goes out on a stage, they may feel the audience is judging every aspect of them and their life. In fact, all that poor audience is doing is waiting to be entertained a little.

Experience is truly the only thing that makes experts so expert.

Few artists are able to accurately assess just how valuable and great their work is - or how much it will be appreciated by its audience. In other words, insecurity is the name of the game.

How many of us give up along the way because we'll never be the expert that so-and-so is?

There is probably no greater anxiety in life than going home to visit your mother for Christmas.

The liar was the hottest to defend his veracity, the coward his courage, the ill-bred his gentlemanliness, and the cad his honor

Follow the urge of the spirit of God into the next destination in our journey of faith as a Nation.

We came in today with a chip on our shoulder to prove who we are.

I do not choose to be a common man.

There are but few naval powers, but there are many land powers.

If we function according to our ability alone, we get the glory; if we function according to the power of the Spirit within us, God gets the glory.

The man who has not the habit of reading is imprisoned in his immediate world.

I'm very moved and very excited. And it just seems to me here are houses and trees and streets that feel so different from New York. I feel very attached to London; I love it.

Well every moment, every project is different. I took a very slow approach to acting, trying to really work with people I could learn from. And I got something different out of each experience.

Trying to observe the slow shift from self-centeredness to empathy is like trying to watch grass grow.