Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing, knowing that is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a sense of purpose.

Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.

One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.

A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die without publicizing it, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another....

Percentages are why I am rich.

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.