You will trip up and fall sometimes. It doesn't take away from how great you are. You will not always say the right thing. It doesn't revoke the light within you.

Somewhere someone else’s break-through is hinging on you simply knowing that you matter. So please, remind yourself of this truth every single day.

You must remember that you were made so that the world might be graced with a brilliance that only YOU can display.

If you think someone or something other than yourself is responsible for your happiness or success, I'd guess you're not that happy or successful.

Wake up, sleeping beauty, " he whispered in her ear. "The sun is just about to crest the mountains.""Tell it to wait, " she mumbled.

For he did not seem to know any way to do a person a kindness but by killing him.

Closing your mind to religion is no different than the close-mindedness that religions can cause.

He would make a lovely corpse.

I've never had an acting lesson. I've never been given techniques. Everything I've done is invented. I just sort of found out [how to do it].

Running is bad for your knees and I like to do things I actually enjoy, like going for a swim.

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

Above all, as the keynote of all Democratic policy, in passing upon any question, let the controlling aim and ambition be to keep the road open for private enterprise and personal initiative.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.