Verbringe deine Tage nicht damit, eine Rolle zu spielen, die andere für dich ausgesucht haben.

Sieger machen nie zweimal denselben Fehler.

Jeder hat die Talente, die er für seinen eigenen Weg braucht.

Wichtiges bleibt, unwichtiges verschwindet.

Um an seinen eigenen Weg zu glauben, muss man nicht zuerst beweisen, dass der Weg des anderen falsch ist.

Wer hilft, dem wird immer geholfen werden.

Spreche mit deinen Lippen nie ein Ja aus, wenn dein Herz Nein sagt.

Hinter der Wiederholung unserer Erfahrungen steht nur ein einziges Ziel: uns zu lehren, was wir noch nicht begriffen haben.

Im Schmerz von gestern liegt die Kraft von heute.

Yeah, there was the Flora Plum thing, where I trained for about a month and I had taken a semester off for that, and two weeks prior to filming, the financing collapsed.

Running through the maze of life, you come across profound ambiguities and complexities. Yet the essence of living a meaningful life remains simple- following your heart and pursuing your life purpose.

I just hated school. I don't like to learn. Don't teach me anything!

I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.

In a fire, you have to be thoughtful; you have to have a certain kind of intuitive smarts that the veterans have. I'm not there yet, despite the Stanford degree.

There is a certain sense in which I would say the universe has a purpose. It's not there by chance.

My dad's a journalist, and he travelled a lot when I was young. There is no way my mother could have done that.

But if I can be convinced and then through the work that we do together, the orchestra can really be convinced of the big sweep of that communication that the piece suggests, then the audience will get it and it will be a good experience for all of us.

Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit for human habitation.

In California, for so long now, our families have been struggling in this economic environment, and Dianne Feinstein, been in office nearly half a century, is out of touch of what women and families are going through in California.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

Attraction doesn't stop when a child is born. It's the opposite. Being a mum and dad makes you even sexier.

As Asian-Americans, the charge that is often lobbed against us is sort of the least original: the idea that somehow we're perpetual foreigners, that we can't be trusted, and that even my father, who was patriotic to the point that it was kind of a joke among his children, would be accused of being disloyal to America.

Enlightenment is finding that there is nothing to find. Enlightenment is to come to know that there is nowhere to go.

I think music influences fashion and has done so for generations.

I'm a big fan of working out on my own. I put my headphones on and I'm pretty good at self-motivating. At the end of the day, I enjoy it. Once I'm there and once I get going, I tend to love it, and I feel good.

I can't drive, so I don't need a flash car, and I like living at home, so I don't need a mansion. I'm sensible with money. It's not why I act.

The hand that rocks the cradle usually is attached to someone who isn't getting enough sleep.

It can have a secular purpose and have a relationship to God because God was presumed to be both over the state and the church, and separation of church and state was never meant to separate God from government.

Belief in oneself is an essential factor for success in life. It helps you surmount challenges on your road to success.

He has shown all you people what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

I'm a Christian but only me and the Lord know that for sure.

I sort of feel like if you're slightly marginalized, you're hungrier, and you can take more risks and be more playful.

We all have to lead double lives, not just celebrities. The face we put on publicly with our jobs and certain situations. I think that's part of the human condition.