Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

You'd be surprised just how fast you can close the door on your past. Learn needlepoint. Make a stained-glass lamp.

Everything is a trifle to a man who is a Christian except the glorifying of Christ

Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.

I don't hate people - not remotely other than they make you crazy in traffic, but as I get older I kind of see more and more why people do what they do.

I'd like to meet a nice girl and leave all those 'hottest bachelor' lists behind.

To keep our hearts open is probably the most urgent responsibility you have as you get older.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

when michael jackson died i wonder if his life flashed before him and if it did, i wonder if he thought 'who's that little black kid singing my songs?!'

The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.

Sundance claimed to be "rebellious" on all of their programs, but they are not. Most of the movies at Sundance were multi-million dollar pictures that were already guaranteed a theatrical release.