Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.

If quitting smoking seems hard right now, it is exactly what you should start doing

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.

No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.

The film industry is a great industry, with infinite possibilities for good and bad. Its primary purpose is to entertain people. On the side, it can do many other things. It can popularize certain ideals, it can make education palatable. But in the long run, the judge who decides whether what it does is good or bad is the man or woman who attends the movies.

I learned then that practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good, and that motives are often more important than actions.

When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else … you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.