Certain faults are necessary for the existence of the individual. We would resent it if old friends were to get rid of certain peculiarities.

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.

I come from a family of very strong women, women who have endured very tough lives in hopes of a better one for their children.

People are hurting and angry, and they want something to be able to stand up and fight for. That's what I believe the antidote is to Trumpism.

It's not what a man does, it's what a man is that counts!

The fingers of your thoughts are molding your face ceaselessly.

If you ever go bar hopping, who do you want to take with you? You want a slightly uglier version of yourself. Similar ... but slightly uglier.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

When I sort of step in my jazz world, it's somewhere between instrumental jazz and vocal jazz.

Is it man that possesses love, or is it not much rather love that possesses man?

No evil is without its compensation.

Debt robs a man of much of the energy and support which he is otherwise able to give to the church and to other good causes.