Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.

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.

Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear.

Scarlett O'Hara didn't think she was manipulating. That's just the way she got what she wanted.

You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having.

Species evolve exactly as if they were adapting as best they could to a changing world, and not at all as if they were moving toward a set goal.

He hit the post, and after the game people will say, well, he hit the post.

Our flaws are what make us perfect.

It is pointless to believe what you see, if you only see what you believe.

Jazz has endured because it doesn't have a beginning or an ending. It's a moment.

Few things are more aggravating than to be forgiven when one has done no wrong.

I think the most important thing I learned from my dad is the importance of telling the truth...treat other people well, work hard at the job and tell the truth.