The courageous struggle for a noble cause should be considered success itself.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

Once you hold the hand of Death, the only thing in life that can scare you is a sense of humor.

Honor is due to God and to persons of great excellence as a sign of attestation of excellence already existing

I find the question of whether gender differences are biologically determined or socially constructed to be deeply disturbing.

We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.

If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.

Recreation is intended to the mind as whetting is to the scythe, to sharpen the edge of it, which otherwise would grow dull and blunt,--as good no scythe as no edge.

Workaholism is a block, not a building block.

[Composers] Mark [Shaiman] and Scott [Wittman] are unreal.

Do you write novels?" I said. "Novels, Lord no," she said. "I can't even stay married.

A big lesson that I'm always having to be reminded of is, you can't control how you feel, but you can control how you respond.