Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect 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.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

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

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.

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

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

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.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Some people come in your life and make you believe that your life is incomplete without them. Then they leave, creating a void in your heart that may fill back with time but will never be complete.

People sometimes cling to the strangest beliefs. On the one hand, they believe in an all loving God, but on the other hand they believe He will give you cancer to test or mature you.

If love wasn’t conditional, every single first encounter with individuals of your 'preferred' gender would result in *love at first sight.*

I don't know how many millions of photographs have been taken of me.

As everything becomes digitized, there's the idea that things that can't be digitized become more valuable.

Only in America can you find so many angry people claiming to love their country, while hating almost anyone in it.

I've certainly seen stats that if you have a woman director or a woman screenwriter, the number of female characters goes way up.

I always try to look at conflicts from as many different angles as is humanly possible, and in a lot of ways there is no one answer.

A lot of solo directors have a really strong creative producer with them. Jay and I have less of a need for that because we have each other.

So mothers everywhere take heart. The indoctrination you administer now may have unanticipated positive effects years later.