A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.

My parents used to throw great New Year's Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool people were always hanging out at our apartment.

The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'

In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.

Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.

I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.

Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps.

Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.

Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.

About four days a week, I do pretty good at having a morning prayer time. But even at that, it's a rambling sort of thing. What I have learned to do better is to try to keep my mind turned toward God and ear inclined toward God throughout the day, and I think I'm doing better at that, but I've got a long way to go.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings.

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies.

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!

The knives of jealousy are honed on details.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

My mom makes something called green pie, which I thought was a delicacy that many people only had at Thanksgiving, but it turns out it was just Jell-O with whipped cream on it. And it's delicious.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.

A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve.