Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
A holding company is the people you give your money to while you're being searched.
There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of lack of ambition.
Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed.
Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
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.
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
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.
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.
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country
