Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

Surviving Is the only war we can afford.

I was occasionally getting calls for some things. But I would say, 22 to 29 was a lot of scuffling. Hoping to get called for bad wedding gigs and I did do an off-Broadway show for about 15 months.

Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just ensures that the hardest part will be left when you are most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on.

But you cannot go through the Door of Destiny without passing through the Hall of Haters.

The fact is that successful people fail far more often than unsuccessful people. Successful people try more things, fall down, pick themselves up, and try again—over and over again—before they finally win.

It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

Yeah, I had a talk show canceled. Okay, let's go back to the list of people who had talk shows canceled. Johnny Carson had his first talk show canceled. Jon Stewart. Letterman. Conan O'Brien, if you look at 'The Tonight Show' as a show that got canceled.

Have you ever noticed that if there's a hard way and an easy way, you choose the hard way every time? Why do you think that is?

The ideal course of life is not always easy.

Don't get sucked into short-term thinking. Your struggles will not last forever, but you will.

You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.