Think not so much of what you lack as of what you have: but of the things that you have, select the best, and then reflect on how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

I thought it was a huge conflict of interest to be the director and the subject - it's very sketchy territory to be in. I've seen what's happened to other directors who have done that.

Give a man a clear-cut job and let him do it.

It was almost like I was in the army.

Here at NBC there is just one more reason to hate the Yankees.

If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it’s a superficial experience isn’t it?

English, no longer an English language, now grows from many roots.

God does not live in a perpetual state of disappointment over who we are.

I've got about $30,000 in chips, not near enough.

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it.