The march of intellect, which licks all the world into shape, has even reached the devil.
Before repeating something bad about another person, ask yourself these three questions: Is it true? Is it necessary for me to tell it? Is it kind to tell it?
I can become so interested in what I have that I forget the needs of my soul.
When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God.
Visualize, 'prayerize', 'actionize', and your wishes will come true.
Prayer is not a means by which I seek to control God; it is a means of putting myself in a position where God can control me.
The hardest people to reach with the love of God are not the bad people. They know they are bad. They have no defense. The hardest ones to win for God are the self-righteous people.
When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In that single instant, he was Wolverine.
There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love.
I think she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was a shrewd politician, and very good in public relations, although she had the usual media help in this. As a Republican and a conservative, I can say ruefully that the Democrats and the liberals tend to get it; that when she said something, it was put in a nice way and highlighted properly by the appropriate media, so that it sounded good.
The last thing is simplicity. After having gone through all the difficulties, having played an endless number of notes, it is simplicity that matters, with all its charm. It is the final seal on Art. Anyone who strives for this to begin with will be disappointed. You cannot begin at the end.