Old minds are like old horses you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

I wish I had more patience.

We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.

The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.

What I look for in a script is something that challenges me, something that breaks new ground, something that allows me to flex my director muscle. You have got to think fast in this business, you've...

It's not the intensity of pain, but the level of stupidity that makes you do things you regret.

Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless speed up. If you become winded slow...

Men are men they needs must err.

Of all feats of skill the most difficult is that of being honest.

If we cannot live so as to be happy let us at least live so as to deserve it.

Remember if people talk behind your back it only means you're two steps ahead!

If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost he need never regret his limited ability.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

And oftentimes excusing of a fault Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse - As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the fault Than did the fault before it was so patched.

We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think that we can!

The best way out of a problem is through it.

If you are surprised at the number of our maladies, count our cooks.

I want you to identify your strengths or talents and to find something about yourself that makes you unique and special and refer to that image each time you find yourself feeling insecure or unsure.

But if you can't take me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best

It's simple; be YOU. If you're not being you, you're being someone else. YOU are not here to be someone else.

It's very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better.

Don't confuse efforts with results...

Observe your imperfections. Love them. Then move through them.

Those who do not read, they miss the important aspects of life.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

Everyone falls sometimes, son, even me, but the trick is to get right back up. They'll always target the ones who appear vulnerable, so you need to be strong. Fake it until you make it.

I didn't want to want what I wanted. I wanted to want what He wanted for me.

No matter how hard you try, you can't please everyone.

Your race devotes itself to justifying its errors, not correcting them

When you make numerous mistakes, don't worry. You have numerous lessons of life in your bosom. The most important thing is recognizing, accepting and learning the lessons out of the lessons. Just...