Tom Hanks

"Life is too short to hold grudges"

"I believe that gratitude changes everything"

"The most beautiful thing about being human is our ability to dream"

"I've learned that patience is not about waiting, it's about maintaining a good attitude while waiting"

"The most important thing is the mission, not the money or the fame."

"We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning."

"Part of me wants to just lock the door, settle down, and think about mortality."

"If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great."

"You know what's cool about working with computer animation? It doesn't have to pay taxes."

"Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin."

"Everybody has something that chews them up and, for me, that thing is time."

"The only way you can truly control your life is to work harder than everyone else works."

"It's like they say, 'Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.'"

"I'm a member of the 50-year-old-man club. We meet for breakfast and complain about our backs."

"I understand the power of storytelling and its ability to reach people and change lives."

"The real problem is that there's no class on how to think. School teaches you many things, but it teaches you how to pass a test."

"I have to have a bit of hope that I'm going to be okay and that things will work out."

"I would like to be remembered as a guy who showed up and did the best work I could."

"We are living in a world where everything is pitch perfect, and I think we're wasting our time."

"There's nothing like taking two years off to make you want to get back to work."

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

"My approach is very simple: show up, be prepared, work hard, and be nice to people."

"The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success."

"I wake up in the morning and I just think about life, and I realize how beautiful it is."

"You cannot look at all the things that you have experienced and gotten rid of the tough parts."

"I'm very thankful for the opportunities I've been given and the support from fans."

"Somewhere in our growing up, we must learn that life can be serious without being somber."

"Character is destiny, and we shape our character by what we choose to do."

"Sometimes in this life, you don't always feel like you're a star, everybody has those moments."

"I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they can help with, that they will indeed help."