Quotes by Gregory Peck

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

I don't lecture and I don't grind any axes. I just want to entertain.

I expect that every Irish-American coming to Ireland says visiting makes them feel good to be here. But I feel drawn to Dingle, I feel a sense of coming home. For me that is what it is.

I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess.

I never liked the name Eldred. Since nobody knew me in New York, I just changed to my middle name.

I'm not a do-gooder. It embarrassed me to be classified as a humanitarian. I simply take part in activities that I believe in.

Inside of all the makeup and the character and makeup, it's you, and I think that's what the audience is really interested in... you, how you're going to cope with the situation, the obstacles, the troubles that the writer put in front of you.

My feeling about him is that the America that we have today, the freedoms we enjoy and the privileges we have, are really the reflection of Abe Lincoln's convictions, his vision, and his toughness.

There we were, hundreds of us lined up, waving at the great man as he tipped his hat to us. And that is the extent of my acquaintance with Albert Einstein.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

What did I do in high school? I grew from 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 2 inches.

You have to dream, you have to have a vision, and you have to set a goal for yourself that might even scare you a little because sometimes that seems far beyond your reach. Then I think you have to develop a kind of resistance to rejection, and to the disappointments that are sure to come your way.