I think in reality the Japanese have to make changes in monetary policy, otherwise we're still going to be dealing with some upward pressure on the yen against the dollar.

A happy marriage is a new beginning of life, a new starting point for happiness and usefulness.

The true call of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way.

The cross of Christ is the pledge to us that the deepest suffering may be the condition of the highest blessing; the sign, not of God's displeasure, but of His widest and most compassionate face.

In the long term, there are many factors that will help the luxury market, the creation of new wealth and the Asian tourist boom

Doubtless there are times when controversy becomes a necessary evil. But let us remember that it is an evil.

I have looked on scenery as a strange and on scenery more grand, but on scenery at once so strange and so grand I have never looked and probably never shall again.

The greatness of God is the true rebuke to the littleness of men. The greatness of Christ is the true rebuke to the littleness of Christians.

Each one of us is bound to make the little circle in which he or she lives better and happier. Bound to see that out of that small circle the widest good may flow.

I doubt if hard work, steadily and regularly carried on, ever yet hurt anybody.

Posterity preserves only what will pack into small compass. Jewels are handed down from age to age; less portable valuables disappear.

You would be better off standing alone in solitude than to fake your way into standing with millions of negative minds. Peace of mind only lies in one's true identity.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative

The powers that be don’t want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are.

I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open.

Hatred can become like food, it gives you this energy that you can, like, live off.

What you do once you're beyond the confines of your local lift service can be as limitless as the mountains themselves.

I promised myself I would never be one of those people who complained about "Oh man, lots of people are interested in our movie and now I gotta talk about it."

I lost some friends when I made the move, but if that's what matters to them, then they're not really friends at all.

Everyone wants to work with the big new producer or the hot new singer. The key is to find them before they're hot.