When I say writing, O believe me, it is rewriting that I have chiefly in mind.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today.

Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.

I’m not ‘stubborn.’”“Oh, really?”Lifting my chin, I said, “I’m determined.” (Violet to Doc)

All are dead, and ourselves left alone amidst a new generation whom we know not, and who know us not.

I want to make movies that people see. I really think that movies are the most popular form of story telling ever and have such a huge impact on culture when they do.

Well-observed facts, though brought to light by passing theories, will never die; they are the material on which alone the house of science will at last be built.

Exercise is the main thing that helped me lose weight.

Don't clap I'm not a jazz band for Christ's sake.

You can choose to be a person who has resulted simply from what has happened, or from what you've chosen to be and do about what has happened.

Tomorrow is another day toward death.

While the other guy's sleeping? I'm working. While the other guy's eatin'? I'm working.