Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

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.

Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

He who thinks little errs much

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

What one has to do usually can be done.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food'.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

I believe in the Bible. I believe that all good things come from God. I don't believe I'd sing the way I do if God hadn't wanted me to.'

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become

Nothing will work unless you do.