life

"Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has yet to come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering"

"Leadership is being the first to put others second. Wait, that’s not right. That’s politics."

"To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body."

"Single is not a status, it is a word that describes a person who is strong enough to live and enjoy life without depending on others."

"The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back."

"In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs."

"No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause."

"Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice."[Stanford University commencement speech, 2005]"

"It's no good trying to get rid of your own aloneness. You've got to stick to it all your life. Only at times, at times, the gap will be filled in. At times! But you have to wait for the times. Accept your own aloneness and stick to it, all your life. And then accept the times when the gap is filled in, when they come. But they've got to come. You can't force them."

"A raisin on the ground is full of hope that if it just keeps aging, it will turn into wine and get drunk on its wrinkly self."

"Forget yesterday - it has already forgotten you. Don't sweat tomorrow - you haven't even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift - today."

"Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness."

"There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say: 'Enough is enough.'"

"Here's how I've lived my life: I've never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love."

"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well."

"Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you? But I always wonder about that. If people could see me the way I see myself—if they could live in my memories—would anyone, anyone, love me?"

"The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you."

"Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something."

"Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is."

"Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life."