Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.

Robert Half

Doing it well now is much better than doing it perfectly later.

Seth Godin

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

Bob Iger

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?

Fulton J. Sheen

Thoughts are forces.

Ralph Waldo Trine

The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse.

Charles Horton Cooley

Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not really bring us closer to the secret of the 'Old One.' I, at any rate, am convinced that He is not playing at dice.

Albert Einstein

Are you planning on following a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?' asked Scrimgeour. 'No, I'm not,'retorted Hermione. 'I'm hoping to do some good in the world!

J.K. Rowling

I call it people-to-people politics and that's what politics should be about, reaching out and helping one another and touching one another about what we're going to do.

Sonny Perdue

It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance.

Mark Rydell

My wife only has sex with me for a purpose. Last night it was to time an egg.

Rodney Dangerfield

Power in America today is control of the means of communication.

Theodore White