An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.

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.

Don’t go in the opposite direction, locate your calling

To say that life is nothing but a property of certain peculiar combinations of atoms is like saying that Shakespeare's Hamlet is nothing but a property of a peculiar combination of letters.

A friendship with the Lord will sustain you in difficult times.

Humor comes from the surprise release of some buried tension.

I'm often dating people, but I don't say it because you sort of know it won't last long.

The savings rate in Italy is high, but the markets do not trust Italy even though it's the third largest economy in the European Union and the eighth in the world.

I absolutely love talking to all of my fans.

Fashion is what everyone is doing. Style is what you are doing.

I don't need a "reason" to be happy. I don't have to consult the future to know how happy I feel now.

I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning