For the LORD will not cast away his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.

There's never an end for the sea.

Every child has a dream, to pursue the dream is in every child's hand to make it a reality. One's invention is another's tool.

Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.

The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.

A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest till the causes of their just complaints are removed.

Would you have a friend who talks to you the way you talk to yourself?

I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again.

If you write with passion in your own style, you will make a place for yourself

How can you say that love is blind? Keener than a young eagle's is its sight.

If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.

To read well is to prepare oneself to live wisely, kindly and wittily.

Good character is the single most important attribute of a successful and worthy life.

We now undertake that we cannot rest while millions of our people suffer the pain and indignity of poverty in all its forms.

I like exploring life and its complexities.

I've produced my own films for twenty years now - it means I have to talk to less people.