Lou Grant

"The best story is the one nobody else has."

"People respect strength—physical, mental, or moral."

"Change is inevitable, so you might as well embrace it."

"You're only as good as your last story."

"A newspaper without opinion is just paper and ink."

"That's the breaks—you don't get to replay life."

"I've made my mistakes, and I'll make more, but not the same ones."

"Ambition is fine, but not at the cost of your soul."

"The truth will set you free, or it'll get you fired."

"You need two things to succeed: talent and the will to use it."

"Patience is a virtue I never had time for."

"A crisis shows you who people really are."

"You don't build a career on luck—you build it on hard work."

"Words matter—choose them like they're the last you'll ever say."

"I've seen this town change, and most of it wasn't for the better."

"Friendship is earned, not given, and rarely without cost."

"The news doesn't care about your deadline—or your ego."

"You can't succeed if you don't believe in yourself."

"That's nonsense, and you know it."

"A man's word is his bond, or he's no man at all."

"You've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything."

"The secret to success is showing up and doing the work."

"I don't have time for people who aren't serious."

"Life's too short to spend it with the wrong people."

"You learn more from a no than from a yes."

"Authority without responsibility is tyranny."

"I didn't build this newsroom for it to fall apart now."

"The truth is rarely comfortable, but it's always necessary."

"You can't fake expertise—they'll know."

"A good day is one where you told the truth and didn't compromise."