There's a hole in the moral ozone and it's getting bigger.

Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be.

Take pride in how far you've come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don't forget to enjoy the journey.

The key to a better life: Complain less, appreciate more. Whine less, laugh more. Talk less, listen more. Want less, give more. Hate less, love more. Scold less, praise more. Fear less, hope more.

People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world.

Pretty isn't beauty. Pretty is how you look; Beauty is who you are. Pretty is in the face and body; Beauty is in the heart, mind and soul. Pretty fades; Beauty grows.

Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the New year will bring new opportunities.

What will matter is not your success but your significance.

When someone is nasty or treats you poorly, don't take it personally. It says nothing about you, but a lot about them.

Success in anything important rarely comes without the Five Horsemen of Success: planning, effort, positivity, perseverance and resilience.

The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don't dwell.

There's a story behind every "I don't believe in love""Period

Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems.

Leadership in telecommunications is also essential, since we are now in the age of e-commerce.

The people who do the most extraordinary things in the world are never "realistic." They're passionate. They trust themselves.

Those art lovers who pride themselves mostly on *taste* usually possess no other talent.

They say you're nobody til somebody kills you But where I'm from you're nobody til you kill somebody

I attribute my good fortune to the simple fact that I have always tried to write straight from my own heart to the hearts of others.

It would require constant vigilance to not replace each person with my own fictional version of them.

Dialogue is a lean language in which every word counts.

I don't watch myself gener­ally. I do something, see it once, and then I'll probably never see it again unless it's an accident.