A leaf that is destined to grow large is full of grooves and wrinkles at the start. Now if one has no patience and wants it smooth offhand like a willow leaf, there is trouble ahead.

Live each day as if your life had just begun.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

When love is not madness it is not love.

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

The law of attraction is always working whether you believe it or understand it or not.

You have to make changes before people are clamoring for changes. If people are asking for changes, it's too late.

No matter what era we're in, we need hope.

Once I got to high school and auditioned for a play and got in, I thought this was really what I was looking for. Once that had got cleared up, from 13 on, that was it.

We have a responsibility to promote stem cell research which could lead to treatments and cures for diseases affecting millions of Americans.

There are sneakers that cost more than an iPod.

The women sit, getting colder and colder, on a seat getting harder and harder, watching oafs, getting muddier and muddier.

You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one