"A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins toblame somebody else and stops trying."

"Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that."

"Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these."

"Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times"

"For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice"

"Happiness comes most to persons who seek her least, and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought; it is a state to be induced. It must follow and not lead. It must overtake you, and not you overtake it."

"It's nothing she would ever have given away. It's value is really sentimental."

"To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter; to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life."

"One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then."