A mans manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

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.

In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself.

Fortune definitely frowns upon all ill-gotten wealth, and often causes it to mysteriously evaporate.

No winter lasts forever no spring skips its turn.

I don't know how much longer I'll be around. I'll probably be writing when the Lord says, 'Maya, Maya Angelou, it's time.'

I'm taking time to figure out where I want to go and what I want to do next. In this line of work, you become so defined by your job.

I made a 1,600 minus 800 minus 200 on the SAT, so I'm very intelligent when I speak.

Rich people think BIG. Poor people think small.

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.