A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions, and no matter what his pretensions in religion, he moves in daily life very close to the animal plane.

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!

I'm going to tell you the most important secret of human life. The most critical need of the human soul is to be kind.

The greatest work we will ever do will be within the walls of our home.

There should be no yelling in the home unless there is a fire.

Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.

Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.

Being a parent is the greatest trust that has been given to human beings.

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.

True happiness comes only by making others happy.

I think it must be apparent to every thinking mind that the noblest of all professions is that of teaching, and that upon the effectiveness of that teaching hangs the destiny of nations.

Win or lose, star or not, you wait for your car with everyone else, and waiting for your car is a drag.

I admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of people of different characters, think of the money involved.

Yes, success is everything. Failure is more common. Most achieve a sort of middling thing, but fortunately one's situation is always blurred, you never know absolutely quite where you are.

The biggest hurdle is figuring out who your friends are. Your real friends.

You can't publish a paper on physics without the full experimental data and results; that should be the standard in journalism.

I could never be a sports writer, unless my assignment was to write 'sports sports sports sports sports' for three pages.

Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies.

I can't give money away to buy listeners. I can't pay listeners off with phones or food stamps or anything. I can't come by my audience by buying it.

As a rule of thumb. Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad as legislation that is partisan.

A generation of children has been betrayed.