To maintain an ignorance of oneself, is to grieve for the absolution of life.

The way to do much in a short time is to love much. People will do great things if they are stirred with enthusiasm and love.

Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.

It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one.

It is not so much what we say or do that educates; what really educates is who we are.

I wish that Christmas may be happy and heavenly, and the holidays glow with the gifts of the inner life that God will give to each one.

You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom

To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.

Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.

Isn't it wonderful that two of the most sacred and symbolic plants, the olive and the vine, live on almost nothing, a terrace of limestone, sun and rain.

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.

Smartness without wisdom is stupidity.

The leader’s job is to show the way. The bottom line is that you can’t tell anything about the condition of the way if you've not traveled on it yourself!

I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.

Writing your own jokes, you just kind of keep working on something until you think it might work, and then you try it out and hope for the best.

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

Christianity teaches that the human race is depraved, fallen, and sinful.

Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.

The last 10 years I have had to bulk up for roles and I'm naturally skinny, so I have eaten and killed so many chickens! I wouldn't even want to count. I need to balance that out.

When we married, you measured 36-24-36. Now you're 42-42-42. There's more of you, but you are not worth as much.

I do not want to be admired. I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions.