The first law of success is concentration - to bed all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor the left.

No man ever sailed over exactly the same route that another sailed over before him; every man who starts on the ocean of life arches his sails to an untried breeze.

It cannot be too often repeated that it is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men.

In the world a man lives in his own age; in solitude in all ages.

Proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth.

As with the acquisition, so with the use of money; they way in which a man spends it is often one of the surest tests of character.

What a man does is the real test of what a man is.

It’s not about inviting great things into our lives. Rather, it’s about accepting the invitation of great things to step out of our lives.

Corruption in education leads to some people getting highly educated and then these people support the uneducated to rule over the illiterate masses.

True friends don't send sms, they give a phone call.

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning that they may follow strong drink that continue until night till wine inflame them.

I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.

I don't get into 'becauses.' When you come into a studio you see a number of works. My habit is to go to the one I like most. If you start to say, 'because,' you get into art jargon.

The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write one.

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.

Everyone thrives most in his or her own unique environment.

Replace "Have to" with "Want to."