All understanding begins in wonder!

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.

He took her hand without question, without fear, and he never regretted it.

Emotionally intelligent people think before they speak and exercise discretion.

There will be pages. Lots and lots of pages. Most of the pages will have letters on them, and a vast majority of these letters will be in the Roman alphabet.

It's nice to know that there are several different avenues I could pursue.

Anytime you've played in a place and you get a win against your old team, it feels good.

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.

I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand.

This is a very tough business, politics. It's easy to get resentful or full of bitterness ... (but) I think hatred hurts the hater more than the hated. So I'm looking back on my time positively.

Each time I reach a goal or read a great review, I am beyond pleased.

What are Raphael's Madonnas but the shadow of a mother's love, fixed in permanent outline forever?