What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness, Anger, discontent and drooping hopes? Degenerate sons and daughters, Life is too strong for you— It takes life to love Life.

Work for your own soul's sake.

To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.

In time you shall see Fate approach you In the shape of your own image in the mirror.

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.

To love is to find your own soul Through the soul of the beloved one.

There is the silence of age, too full of wisdom for the tongue to utter it in words intelligible to those who have not lived the great range of life.

The tongue may be an unruly member-- But silence poisons the soul.

To this generation I would say: Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty.

The snows and the roses of yesterday are vanished; And what is love but a rose that fades?

I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea. And the silence of the city when it pauses, And the silence of a man and a maid, And the silence for which music alone finds the word.

For all the things we do in our lives and the people that surround us, its family and those few loyal friends that God has blessed us with.

There are mighty few people who think what they think they think.

A good editor can make a respectable writer remarkable, just like a good parent helps a child become amazing.

Giving to the poor is an essential part of Christian morality.

Vary the pace. ... it is one of the foundations of all good acting.

I like to have songs with me that have substance. That's missing from a lot of today's music. You might hear a song with a catchy beat, but what's it about? It's not empowering or helping anyone.

There are probably still people that are competitive with each other, but I don't feel that's necessary. I like when we lift each other up.

I go through phases when I've been filming where I wake up in the middle of the night and I think I'm being filmed.

The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age

To belong to Jesus is to embrace the nations with Him.