It's never too late to start. It's always too late to wait.
To every one [Nature] appears in a form of his own. She hides herself in a thousand names and terms, and is always the same.
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. . . . In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or is dehumanized.
Everything is hard before it is easy.
I was on a well-beaten path of actors - what we all call 'the Law and Order route'. I spent two years of auditioning for everything. . . and then 'The Wire' came up.
Writing software that's safe even in the presence of bugs makes the challenge even more interesting.
What men call adventures usually consist of the stoical endurance of appalling daily misery.
I had good relationships with stores. And I was like, "All right, I'll self-publish it. But I'm only going to do 1,000. "