Without tact you can learn nothing.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Love is like a shining light in the darkness, closing eyes to pretend you didn't see it will not wash it away.

A genuinely humble attitude is one of the greatest skills in business. Because it compels us to LISTEN and LEARN.

The nomination of John McCain is another milestone. So whether black, women, or bald, yes we can.

There's a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype.

As an actor, that's the most important thing. You want to be able to let go and not hold onto anything, so that you can give an honest portrayal and performance.

To live as fully, as completely as possible, to be happy ... is the true aim and end to life.

Energy and time are finite resources; conserving them is very important.

Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations are important.

I believe that when you find love, you hold on to it and cherish it because there is nothing finer and it may never come again.

If there be such a thing as truth, it must infallibly be struck out by the collision of mind with mind.