If youre in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.
The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.
I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing
Vision without execution is just hallucination.
But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.
Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
You can't make souffle rise twice.
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
Make them laugh, make them cry, and back to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.