Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

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.

if someone gets jealous from you, that the sign of your progress

Alas! how has the social spirit of Christianity been perverted by fools at one time, and by knaves and bigots at another; by the self-tormentors of the cell, and the all-tormentors of the conclave!

Democrats don't relate to middle-class people.

Art isn't anecdote. It's the consciousness we bring to bear in our lives.

Remember that the progress of the world depends on your knowing better than your elders.

My aim has been... to keep the United States... independent of all and under the influence of none.

All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by.

True success is not a project but a journey.

There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested.

Youth should be a savings bank.