Tom Hanks

"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous. You need both to navigate life successfully."

"The most creative moments come when you're not trying to be creative. Just live and observe."

"True strength is shown in vulnerability. It takes courage to admit what you don't know."

"Life is not a dress rehearsal. You have to show up and do the work right now."

"Humor is a survival mechanism. If you can laugh at yourself, you can survive almost anything."

"The people who care about you will stick around, even when you're not successful. Those are your real friends."

"Power is nothing without responsibility. With great ability comes great obligation."

"Perseverance is not about never falling down. It's about getting back up every single time."

"Nature has a way of putting things in perspective. Spend time outside; it clarifies everything."

"The things we love most are often the things that hurt us the most"

"Stupid is as stupid does"

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get"

"There's nothing like the real thing, baby"

"We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality"

"Sometimes it ain't like that"

"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to free people from fear and inspire them to achieve the dreams they always wanted to achieve"

"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful"

"You have to believe you are going to win and I believe we'll win the human race"

"The most important thing is the mission. Get the mission accomplished and everybody goes home"

"As an actor, you have to take risks to grow"

"Nobody is trying to make me look bad. It's just that in the American system, the one thing we all have is a vote"

"I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of not trying"

"Gratitude is the most important word in any language"

"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible"

"The power of imagination makes us infinite"

"The whole reason we organize ourselves into cities, nations, and worlds is to be together, not to keep apart"

"I don't necessarily agree with everything I say"

"Every single one of us has the power to change the world and to effect change in ways both great and small"

"There is no crying in baseball"

"I get paid to do this, which is really great, but I do it because I love it"