天才並不是自生自長在深林荒野裡的怪物，是由可以使天才生長的民眾產生、長育出來的，所以沒有這種民眾，就沒有天才。

任何人只要做一點有用的事，總會有一點報酬。這種報酬是經驗，這是世界上最有價值的東西，也是人家搶不去的東西。

不論想法如何絕妙，只會空想而不付諸實施，等於沒想一樣。不做出來讓人瞧瞧，誰也不會去注意你的高妙想法。

在最初的20年間，每星期要工作七天，每天最少工作16個小時……早上必須用兩個鬧鐘，才能驚醒起來。

當你買下一座旅館的時候，這不是事情的結束，而恰恰是個開始。

先天環境的好壞，並不足奇，成功的關鍵完全在於一己之努力。

任何一種不為集體利益打算的行為，都是自殺的行為，它對社會有害。

正如樹枝和樹幹連接在一起那樣，脫離樹幹的樹枝很快就會枯死。

一滴水只有放進大海裡才永遠不會乾涸，一個人只有當他把自己和集體事業融合在一起的時候才能最有力量。

一堆沙子是鬆散的，可是它和水泥、石子、水混合後，比花崗岩還堅韌。

個人之於社會等於身體的細胞，要一個人身體健全，不用說必須每個細胞都健全。

一朵鮮花打扮不出美麗的春天，一個人先進總是單槍匹馬，眾人先進才能移山填海。

活著，為的是替整體做點事，滴水是有沾潤作用，但滴水必加入河海，才能成為波濤。

人是要有幫助的。荷花雖好，也要綠葉扶持。一個籬笆打三個樁，一個好漢要有三個幫。

一燕不能成春。

人民是土壤，它含有一切事物發展所必須的生命汁液;而個人則是這土壤上的花朵與果實。

在許多問題上我的說法跟前人大不相同，但是我的知識得歸功於他們，也得歸功於那些最先為這門學說開闢道路的人。

我不應把我的作品全歸功於自己的智慧，還應歸功於我以外向我提供素材的成千成萬的事情和人物。

如果說我看得遠，那是因為我站在巨人們的肩上。

一個人要幫助弱者，應當自己成為強者，而不是和他們一樣變成弱者。

我們知道個人是微弱的，但是我們也知道整體就是力量。

只有在集體中，個人才能獲得全面發展其才能的手段，也就是說，只有在集體中才可能有個人自由。

科學家不是依賴于個人的思想，而是綜合了幾千人的智慧，所有的人想一個問題，並且每人做它的部分工作，添加到正建立起來的偉大知識大廈之中。

The cure for anything is salt water ? sweat, tears, or the sea.

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.

What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. It's my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think it's very much alive.

I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.

The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.

Ideals are the world's masters.

We have weapons of mass destruction we have to address here at home. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Unemployment is a weapon of mass destruction.

Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold on to the truth within yourself as to the only truth.

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.

I've been very fortunate and I am grateful.

Blessed are the meek: For they shall inherit the earth.

Technologies simmer along before they are feasible. That simmer can be short or long, but then they get traction. And from there to being huge is a couple of decades.

I'm a chef, I'm a cook, I was created by this industry, and I like to think I'm giving back. But I'm not giving back because I can make a scallop souffle, I'm giving back because I can make compost.

I really like where Tony Robbins says that we're all hypnotized to see beauty this one specific way, and it's true.

The pains of life serve by contrast to multiply enjoyment they constitute the foil which sets off and heightens the flashing brightness of the gem.

With epic fantasy, there is a tendency for it to be quintessentially conservative in that its job is to restore what is perceived to be out of whack.

Reality can destroy the dream; why shouldn't the dream destroy reality?

I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a niche yet, I'm just writing love songs.

Teeth aren't pearly, until you smile.

I think if you look at Andre then and now, you look at two different models. Of course it's personal preference, I think Andre now is a great role model for the kids. He has started training differently than he was before, and so on and so on.

You know when pillowcases come out of the dryer and they get really wrinkled? I iron them.

A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

On 'Glee,' we often tackle the tough topics that young people face - in fact, my recurring character, Wade 'Unique' Adams, is a transgender teenager who finds herself navigating a lot of the same problems many young people face around the globe.

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.