“He has missed the finest lesson of culture and experience who has not ...” — Orison Swett Marden Quote

“He has missed the finest lesson of culture and experience who has not learned how to enjoy without owning.”

“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.”

“The world takes us at our own valuation. It believes in the man who believes in himself, but it has little use for the timid man: the one who is never certain of himself, who cannot rely on his own judgment, who craves advice from others, and is afraid to go ahead on his own account.”

“I think God has a sense of humor, and the way my lessons come from God is very funny. I have to laugh at myself even if it's a tough lesson.”

“Everyone is a product of their own environment, and that, I think, has actually been the key lesson for me.”

“You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson.”