Beauty and Genius must be kept afar if one would avoid becoming their slave.

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.

Peace first, sophistication later. Harmony first, luxury later.

Teach the child, not just the curriculum.

People may say I developed an iron will, but what really happened is that I made myself much fitter. I think an iron will is always supported by fitness.

I think about that all of the time and I have this fantasy that I am going to work at a museum someday! I would love to do something like that!

No man is matriculated to the art of life till he has been well tempted.

I spent the first 25 years of my life not knowing what I wanted to do.

Once our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish.

Hypocrisy is the outward acknowledgment of inward shame.

Every viewpoint is a view from a point.