Man is never more masculine than after the birth of his first child. Not macho. Masculine. After his firstborn, a new father's head, heart, and gut are more aligned than they have ever been.

- from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey

In Hollywood, if you pass on too many projects, they may quit asking. If you step out of your lane, and turn your back on what you're successful at, the industry can turn its back on you. They don't mind seeing you miss the bus because there's plenty of people to take your seat. Again, it's not personal, it's just business.

- from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey

We all have scars, we'll get more. So rather than struggle against time and waste it, let's dance with time and redeem it, because we don't live longer when we try not to die, we live longer when we're too busy livin.

- from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey

The great man is not all to each, he is each to all. The genius can do anything, but does one thing at a time.

- from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey

I haven't made all A's in the art of livin, but I give a damn, and I'll take an experienced C over an ignorant A any day.

- from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey

No one can live up to the pedestal we put them on if we always put them on one.

- from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey

The problems we face today eventually turn into blessings in the rearview mirror of life. In time, yesterday's red light leads us to a greenlight. All destruction eventually leads to construction, all death eventually leads to birth, all pain eventually leads to pleasure. In this life or the next, what goes down will come up.

- from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey

I'm not perfect; no, I step in shit all the time and recognize it when I do. I've just learned how to scrape it off my boots and carry on.

- from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey