A plant is like a self-willed man, out of whom we can obtain all which we desire, if we will only treat him his own way.

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.

My reputation grows with every failure.

Congress should be forward thinking in the policies we set, instead of waiting until catastrophe looms.

If you devote your life to seeking revenge, first dig two graves.

The best writing is certainly when you are in love

One doesn't defend one's god: one's god is in himself a defense.

I admire the, the stand of China and the stand of Mao Tse- tung, but I can't admire with respect the stand of, of Nehru in India. I just can't do it.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

When we go to God by prayer, the devil knows we go to fetch strength against him, and therefore he opposes us all he can.

Thy goal, the road thou choosest are thy fate.

Furthermore, unlike Man's other great good friend the horse, the cat is no sweating serf of Man. The only labor she condescends to perform is to catch mice and rats, and that's fun.