Relationships

When someone you trust sees your potential and says they believe you can be that person, it opens up a path and inspires you to become that version of yourself.

The real questions are: Am I getting better as a person? And is what I'm doing bringing me and the ones around me happiness?

Whether you think the world is out to hurt you or help you — you're right.

When you are leaping without a safety net, people become your safety net and you become theirs.

Amazing things happen when you do hard things. You grow, you become closer to others who share the experience, you become stronger as a person.

Carry others deeply in your heart as you make your way in this world, and remember that you are being carried in others' hearts as well.

The eulogy virtues are the ones people will say about you when you're gone. Will they say you were a kind person? Did you love freely? Were you a loyal friend? Did you live a life of giving?

I have never known anybody who got to the age of 70 or so and had all of the people love him or her that they wanted to have in that position, that ever felt like anything but a success.

Measure happiness not by what you do as work, but by what you give to others. It is the most important lesson and the deepest source of meaning I have found in life.

Dreams come true only if you work hard to make them come true, and they come true not just because of your own efforts but also because other people in your life help you succeed.

People often ask me how I got into acting. The truth is I didn't get into acting. I got into everything.

Your piece of paper not only says where you were educated, but who you were educated with. It declares that you are a member of a community of people to be relied upon, to take risks, provoke thought, and to be committed participants in this world.