Commonplaceness, the surrender to the average, that good which is not bad but still the enemy of the best - That is our besetting danger.

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.

God creates the destiny of every nation according to the times

Actions have consequences. Kids today don’t think about that. It’s like, ‘Hey, wouldn’t this be awesome?!’ Consequences? What are those?

A sap run is the sweet goodbye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost.

Children need the wisdom of their elders; the aging need the encouragement of a child's exuberance.

A movie should entertain you in a way that will also open your mind. I think movies are tools to enrich your experience.

I was never actually signed to the label; I was just the annoying rapper that was always around at the studio sessions.

Men's minds tend to fear more keenly those things that are absent.

Negligence is the rust of the soul that corrodes through all her best resolves.

I think the basic problem is that everybody thinks they know what the truth is, and sometimes they're even distorting the truth to make their arguments.

Flattery is a juggler, and no kin unto sincerity.