Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.

Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

Be who you are and be that well.

Purposefully spend time to better yourself

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition.

You can't start taking away benefits if people don't have any opportunities.

None of the European girls, including Anita Ekberg, has anything not found on American girls as well.

That solid basis for a foundation of faith is personal integrity.

I know something about killing. I don't like killing. And I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning killing.

I come to work on time. I focus on my job. I bust my scenes out and everything else kind of happens from there.

Some people put down all presidents. If you say anything good about any of them, they think you're supporting everything they do.

When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today, less that 20-percent of our films get a theatrical release.

I think it creates so many more opportunities and pitfalls in that you are treading on fresh snow, so you're in a new place.