I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesnt dare to make an enemy should get out of the business. Bette Davis (1908 - 1989), The Lonely Life, 1962 Acting1 is all about honesty. If you can fake that, youve got it...

I do the very best I know how-the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me wont amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was rig...

You dont need fancy highbrow traditions or money to really learn. You just need people with the desire to better themselves. Adam Cooper and Bill Collage1, Accepted, 2006 It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be en...

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), Lincolns Own Stories Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans c...

Being assertive1 does not mean attacking or ignoring others feelings. It means that you are willing to hold up for yourself fairly-without attacking others. Albert Ellis, Michael Abrams, Lidia Dengelegi, The Art Science of Rational Eating,...

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it. Al Batt, in National Enquirer1 Happiness is nothing more than good he...

I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope. Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC), Agamemnon To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. Anatole France (1844 - 1924) Hope is a waking dream. A...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere. Ali ibn-Abi-Talib (602 AD - 661 AD), A Hundred Sayings Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC...

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987), The Philosophy of Andy Warhol Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. Carol Burnett (1936 - ) Change is the constant,...

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut. Albe...