There are people in the world who have skills and strength and talent that I will never have. Never. These notions that you can ‚be whatever you want to be as long as you want it bad enough‘ are not true. They are fairy tales.

There are a lot of things I never did, because I believe in watching those true Hollywood stories and I see how easy it is to lose track of your life.

Forgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

I feel like this: Whatever is in your path and in your heart, you need to do.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

Frankly, I think that the news industry is critically important because it points out things and surfaces truths that can often be uncomfortable. I think that that’s working, and the spotlight has been pointed on things that we have a responsibility to do better, and I accept that.

It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. If a challenge is in front of me and it appeals to me, I will go ahead and conquer it.

Prayer doesn’t just change things – it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.

Better is the enemy of good.

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‚Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.‘ See the positive in negative events.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it.

I write for myself things that I’ve gone through.

The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

Sometimes I’m fascinated with how famous my work could be while I’m not so famous.

Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that’s you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don’t really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.

I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I’ve got kids and responsibilities, so I can’t be my own test pilot. That wouldn’t be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it’s a sensible thing to do.

If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.

I’m going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.

Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

I wouldn’t say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do.

I’m not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It’s really not my place.

I’m looking forward to becoming a marvelous – excuse the word marvelous – character actress. like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers.

I’m just going to say it: I’m pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it’s about our behavior. It occurs when we compare something we’ve done – or failed to do – with our personal values.

The truth is, I had always wanted to be a comedian, but I really didn’t have that kind of personality, and it’s a terrifying thing to say.

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.

One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

When I was a child, I was very poor and wanted everything. So when I got money, I began buying things.

Marines don’t know how to spell the word ‚defeat‘.

In art, at a certain level, there is no ‚better than.‘ It’s just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it.

People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.

I can’t do nothing just a little.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Only stupid people are changed by success.

I have always felt it is my destiny to build a machine that would allow man to fly.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

I’ve never been a boyfriend kind of girl.

My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was.

Stay active. Read the Word. Worship with other believers. Continue to give. Keep learning and growing. Your faith will be unleashed!

People always tell you, ‚Be humble. Be humble.‘ When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

I don’t have any secrets I need kept any more.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have.

Who’s to say what’s a good voice and not a good voice?

Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.

I don’t see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, ‚I’ma do that,‘ and they do it. That’s it. There’s no scientifical process.

I’m not this horrible, evil person.

I pass my life in preventing the storm from blowing down the tent, and I drive in the pegs as fast as they are pulled up.

I can express myself.

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

I’ve learned never to say never.

It is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life.