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

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

Silence is the mother of truth.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

Let’s enjoy this world. Let’s enjoy one another. We are meant to love one another, not to hate one another.

One guy just kept asking me and asking me in an interview, and I kept saying, “I just got done telling you no, there’s nothing to report.”

There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.

Actors are just entertainers, even the serious ones. That’s all an actor is. He’s like a serious Bruce Forsyth.

One day I’ll be able to relax a bit, and try and become a good composer.

To me, that’s one of the things that I love about doing this stuff. One day I can work on this piece in watercolor, and then work on something else on the computer, or work on something else that’s a completely different approach

No one wants to be first, and the auction proved to people that others were buying and gave them that boost of confidence they needed.

I think that finding a way into somebody’s life that’s sort of off from a side angle can tell you more about that person than a greatest hits approach.