A leader must face danger. He must take the risk and the blame, and the brunt of the storm.

A true Leader asks advice, when he has time to think; but he never asks advice in a crisis. He acts.

Every winner has scars.

There is more power in the open hand than in the clenched fist.

To have a purpose that is worthwhile, and that is steadily being accomplished, that is one of the secrets of life that is worth living.

The man who broods over the past can never master the difficulties of today. Every wise man learn to forget.

It is not size that counts in business. Some companies with $500,000 capital net more profits than other companies with $5,000,000. Size is a handicap unless efficiency goes with it.

The men who succeed are the efficient few.

If money is all that a man makes, then he will be poor - poor in happiness, poor in all that makes life worth living.

There is no fate that plans men's lives. Whatever comes to us, good or bad, is usually the result of our own action or lack of action.

Whatever the mind can conceive it can achieve

Trust, once lost, could not be easily found. Not in a year, perhaps not even in a lifetime.

I'm always trying to mentor young women. I speak on college campuses and I have events in my own studio where I open it up to women's groups to learn. I feel really strongly about it.

When I found out I was having twins, I was even in denial that I was pregnant. When I found out I was having twins I just laughed. "Of course this would happen!" I started giggling.

The thing that makes me happiest about Simpsons Illustrated are all the drawings that we get from readers. I wish we could print them all. They're really imaginative. They show a lot of hard work.

If you know anything about me, you know that my life's taken a few unexpected curves and crashes along the way. But hey, at least I can say I took the scenic route!

I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.

Every time I start the next movie, it's as exciting as the first time.

I'm sure I will cause tremendous seismic shifts in the culture again.

Life isn't always a butcher's game. Sometimes the prizes are real. Sometimes they're precious.