Jealousy is the grave of affection.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.

A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.

My dad's not here, but he's watching in heaven.

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.

But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer.

Gay marriage is absolutely something that I am in full support of and a big advocate of, and I think it's an important issue, but there's a reason that I don't talk about politics and why I'll never be in politics. I am not the person to ever do that.

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fact that God offered a way for man to return to a positive relationship with Him.

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking.

A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve.