Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.

You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.

The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.

[At age 76:] A good life is like a good play -- it has to have a satisfying and exciting third act.

You must learn, day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizon.

You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens.

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.