Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

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.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

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

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.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

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.

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.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

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

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.