“I’ve always been the opposite of a paranoid. I operate as if everyone is part of a plot to enhance my well-being.”

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

Everything you want is on the other side of fear.

Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.

Things are just things – they have no power to hurt or to heal. Only people can do that. And we can all choose whether to be hurt or healed by the people who love us.

When you do something you love with passion and perseverance, you are already a success. Even if you never hit the big time, who cares?

To be truly rich includes not only financial freedom but developing rich, meaningful relationships, enriching your health, and enjoying a rich balance between your career and your personal life.

It’s never crowded along the extra mile.

You Can’t Hire Someone Else to Do Your Push-ups for You.

We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.

Success consists of going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

A dog is one of the few remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.

The dynamics that are required to make any relationship work: Just keep putting your love out there.

Do you want to speak to the man in charge—or the nurse who knows what’s going on?

There is no right reaction. There is only your reaction.

If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.

If you love your work, if you enjoy it, you’re already a success.

I was just genuinely shy. I’d always been a shy kid.

God is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling.

I’m often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don’t think I’ve actually cried watching myself.

O God, make me good, but not yet.

How do you project a character if you don’t have a sense of where she is from? I’ve always just gotten on a plane to go to the area to get a sense of what it is like, to smell it, feel the earth, hear people talk, go to the marketplaces.

I wanted to play incredibly challenging, multifaceted characters. Because we are all a puzzle.

Sometimes it’s the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character.

My gratification in working comes from the preparation and the building of the character.