It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs.
If Romeo and Juliet make a tragedy of it nowadays, they have only to blame their own mismanagement, for the world is with them as it has never been before, and all sensible fathers and mothers know it.
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.
Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.
He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
I saw them with my bodily eyes as clearly as I see you. And when they departed, I used to weep and wish they would take me with them.
Quickly say, "That's good!" to every setback and adversity, and then find out what is good about it.
Nothing's ever easy as long as you go on living.
Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.
Yoga is a means and an end.
Haters are confused admirers who can’t understand why everybody else likes you
You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.
I told [Bill Gates] I believed every word of what I said but that I should never have said it in public. I wish him the best, I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow. He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.
Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
That is the nature of democracy. It is hard. It is not always inspiring.
That's why I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of these old models that are obsolete. I think that's one of Apple's challenges, really. When two young people walk in with the next thing, are we going to embrace it and say this is fantastic? Are you going to be willing to drop our models, or are we going to explain it away? I think we'll do better, because we're completely aware of it and we make it a priority.
And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become a Director Without Learning the Craft of Cinematography.
There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect.
Acting isn't something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you're going to start with logic, you might as well give up. You can have conscious preparation, but you have unconscious results.