But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.
The art of love is largely the art of persistence.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.
Keep true to the dreams of your youth.
Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.
The time is always right to do what is right.
Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
If I get married, I want to be very married.
Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.
Photography is truth. The cinema is truth twenty-four times per second.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style
You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.
The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.
There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.
A man should never neglect his family for business.
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.