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.

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

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.

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

He who thinks little errs much

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.

When things go wrong don't go with them

Be quick, but don't hurry.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

Genius is eternal patience.

There is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service.

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?