The more perfect another person appears to be, the more likely they feel inadequate.

Fire is harmful unless it’s controlled. Then it provides warmth, enables us to cook, and sets a romantic tone when contained in a fireplace.

Your response to rejection is the same way. When your response is unbridled, it can devastate. When your response is controlled, it can be used to motivate you, stir you into action, and bring you closer to your goals.

Be careful not to compare how insecure you feel about yourself on the inside with how polished others may look on the outside.

It ought to be with a sense of relief, not a sense of compromise and reluctance, that we come to the conclusion that we are not and never will be perfect.

Your own life is your competition.

Rejection causes pain but like physical pain, it goes away.

By understanding that all rejection is beneficial, you’ll be able to open-mindedly examine each rejection rather than allowing negativity to creep in and take over.

Positive thinking people use rejection to motivate them.

Where there is no vision, the people perish. Hang on to your vision.

We conquer by continuing.

Be like a postage stamp - stick to one thing until you get there.

Submitting to fear and avoiding rejection takes away our freedom to dream.

When we feed ourselves full of possibilities, we gain courage.

When you continue exploring your possibilities, great ideas emerge that can benefit you and others in a big way.

Every lasting success involves overcoming rejection.

You can do amazing things if you have strong faith, deep desire, and just hang in there.

You can’t make the decision for someone else to reject you. Take the risk!

Their pride often got the best of them. Rather than face the fear of embarrassment, they would simply reject the idea.

The people of Cleveland hate soccer. But it's my favourite thing and I follow the U.S. men's national team around when they play whenever I can.

Architecture is changing faster than some other professions.

I've never had any prima donna attitude against me. It's always been very respectful.

I love Buster Keaton. I was a big fan of the stunt shows at Universal Studios. I'm a huge Cirque du Soleil nut.

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.

Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.

Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

When people bully us, we are complicit in it in some way. We do allow it to happen to some extent.

My aunt once said that the world would never find peace until men fell at their women's feet and asked for forgiveness.

The moment you say and believe that you are a Christian meaning you believe Jesus Christ is your personal Lord and Savior it is a commitment.

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

Let me be mad... mad with madness of absinthe, the wildest most luxurious madness in the world.

When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?

Yes, it's a prequel. It tells the story about how the girls were born with superpowers, but they weren't necessarily heroes at the beginning of this movie, so the movie is about the events that happen in their life to make them decide to be heroes.

Match play really exposes your character and how much of a will to win you have in your heart.

It takes a very long time to become young.

Your connections with other people are important our connection to the earth.

We've got to deal with the fact that the church has been violently prejudiced against gay people. We've murdered them; we've burned them at the stake; we've run them out of town for something over which they have no control. And that's immoral.

I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion I need the sunshine and the paving stones of the streets without companions without conversation face to face with myself with only the music of my heart for company.

Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success.

I happen to know there is nothing sexy or romantic about love scenes. They are just awful to do.

I grew up on film sets but more around the process of making films. I saw a lot of the editing process and the writing process, which takes years. That really affected me growing up, that side of it.

Believe me - I've done very good stuff and very crazy stuff, and I don't regret the crazy stuff.

We're all golden sunflowers inside.