You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.

Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me.

Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.

Be careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well.

Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

Why do we close our eyes when we pray, cry, kiss, or dream? Because the most beautiful things in life are not seen but felt by the heart.

The chances you take… the people you meet… the people you love...the faith that you have - that’s what’s going to define your life.

Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.

To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?

A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

I almost always urge people to write in the first person. Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.

Failure is only an experience.

Do we ever get what we really want? Do we ever achieve what our powers have ostensibly equipped us for? No: everything works by contraries.

In modern society the term "no" have changed meaning. It now seems to be an abbreviation for "Negotiations Open".

He shrank from hearing Margaret's very name mentioned; he, while he blamed her--while he was jealous of her--while he renounced her--he loved her sorely, in spite of himself.

I don't really have time [to babysit my twin cousins]. And, well, I actually have my own babysitter sometimes.

Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself.

The only politician in America I know with a man-date is Jim McGreevey.

People have every right to be offended -- but that doesn't mean they get to take away your right to offend.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.