We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

It is always your next move.

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

I’m my own worst critic, and if I don’t pull off what I think I wanted to do in my head, then I won’t be a happy girl.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

At some point in time, you definitely have to go drama. Not to say that you’re going drama just because everybody else does it. You do it to challenge yourself. You do it because, naturally, in the profession of acting, you want to show growth. You want to say that you take the craft seriously.

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world.

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

We only need so much to survive, but this world we live in tells us we need more stuff to be happy. We’re inundated with our televisions, the Internet and advertising that says in order to be happy you have to have these things. When you say, ‚Gimme, gimme, gimme,‘ you will always be in short supply.

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

I feel confident imposing change on myself. It’s a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That’s why I need to throw curve balls.

I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something’s not good enough, and I won’t stop until I feel like I’ve made it. I’m never satisfied.

I can’t keep somebody from being a star, and I can’t make somebody a star, and nobody can.

Aim for the highest.

Learn to say ‚no‘ to the good so you can say ‚yes‘ to the best.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

These are the soul’s changes. I don’t believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.

A hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It’s part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

Most of the time, I’m not even working; I’m just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

A great man is always willing to be little.

Small aim is a crime.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. You get in touch with Mother Earth and eating in such a way, you feel in touch with true life, your roots, and that is meditation. If we chew every morsel of our food in that way we become grateful and when you are grateful, you are happy.

A lot of people cry and complain and put their hand out and beg. It never goes well.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Self-talk, for me, has been the biggest thing in my life. A lot of us have a dialogue that is crap. It’s a crappy dialogue. We live in a world right now that is very external. Everything is very on the surface. Superficial. Everything. And what we’re telling ourselves is what we see on TV.

I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I’ve already made them.

As we know, while our species remains alive, everybody has the sacred duty to be optimistic. Ethically, any other behaviour wouldn’t be admissible.

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

I don’t know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope. Causing people to have better relationships. I’m not leading them to some false God or something like that.

I need music. It’s like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what’s going on – bad games, press, whatever!

Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky.

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and… I believe in miracles.

Eradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you’re glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things.

The Revlon Run/Walk effort to focus on women’s cancer has my wholehearted support and gratitude.

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad.

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.

I don’t want to be too critical of what other people do, but when people go back to do the same thing that they did, I’m completely confused. I’m like, ‚Didn’t you make that movie already?‘ I’ve been very fortunate, and I’m well taken care of, so the least I can do is try to go forward.

It’s very difficult to regulate yourself, and if you learn to do that, well, it starts to spill over.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

What you don’t do can be a destructive force.