External things are not the problem. It's your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

That's the worst thing for an actor: when you say to someone, "Yeah, I was in that movie," and they say, "You were?"

There is no evidence that having more guns reduces crime. None at All.

I think I’m quite a lazy person, actually. If I’m not careful, I could just stay in bed all day.

Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy.

I'm not the best cruise ship crooner. I'm not the best karaoke guy.

A decent cowboy does not take what belongs to someone else and if he does he deserves to be strung up and left for the flies and coyotes

When you see the world as it is, but insist on making it more like it could be, you matter.

I'm prepared to do battle for a dream that is worth dreaming.

Those faithful Mormon pioneers ... were willing to put everything on the altar to sacrifice for and defend their God and their faith.