“Never let pride be your guiding principle. Let your accomplishments speak for you.”

As long as you feel like a victim, you are one.

In the harshest place on Earth, love finds a way.

We humans are more concerned with having than with being.

I was an imaginative child and learning to read was like unlocking another dimension in my mind.

My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don’t get it, I can’t do it.

You can’t take credit for talent; you can only take credit for using it.

“Invictus” was more a parable in terms of what is possible in life.

Studies have shown kids have a greater chance for lifelong success if they know how to read by the third grade.

You are never too old to have a revelation.

There is tangible fear in the unknown, but we can all do our part and take steps to help.

I’ve learned that with all the advantages that come with being a grown up comes responsibility. Responsibility to be true to yourself, responsibility to honor those who came before you and responsibility to those who will come after you.

Write something insightful. Say Morgan Freeman said it. Win at internet.

Audiences believe what you believe. It’s a matter of believing yourself. If I believe me, then you’ve got no choice. None at all.

So if I believe in God, and I do, it’s because I think I’m God.

When you have made your choice, it is providence that is your guide. Good, bad, or indifferent. Your fate lies in that.

Just that working with Clint again is like coming home.

The more clear you are about what you want, the more motivated and determined you will be to accomplish it.

To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

One of the most important rules for success is this: Every great success is the result of hundreds and thousands of small efforts and accomplishments that no one sees or appreciates.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Time can’t be managed. I merely manage activities. Each night, I write down on a sheet of paper a list of the things I have to accomplish the next day. And when I wake up I do them.

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience.

The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.