What else is chance but the rude stone which receives its life from the sculptor's hand? Providence gives us chance, and man must mould it to his own designs.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

There is no future in any job. The future lies in the person who holds the job.

To maintain any degree of sanity, we must believe that everything is interconnected on some level and to experience that level fully once in a while.

I don't think there's anything man wasn't meant to know. There are just some stupid things that people shouldn't do.

The play is so close to the reality. . . . It comes out of the heart.

I always came away thinking "I'd like to see her more," you know? And then when [Parental Guidance] was ready to be cast, we thought - Bette [Midler]. So we called her.

Accept diversity and don't take any crap.

You owe it to yourself to be yourself.

A real man has no tougher judge than himself.

Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler's tools. He only uses them when he can't avoid it.

Democrats believe that government should reflect the sense of community that Americans demonstrated after Katrina - the sense of community that has defined and united America throughout its history.