Every great idea exerts, on first appearing, a tyrannical influence: Hence, the advantages it brings are turned all too soon into disadvantages.

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.

Your failures contain key to your success and your destination

Sometimes you’re left with only 1 choice: Take what’s yours and run for you life.

These hands are unlike any otherstrongbut gentlecaringlovingand understanding

Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.

There's that issue of if you attack someone you don't know where the votes are going to go.

Peter Jackson's instincts are extraordinary, as is his stamina.

I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening.

I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even my own. Whatever one was going to be was all prepared before that.

I obey my own commands about as often as others do.

When I look at Bill, I know right away how he thinks. I can feel if he's having problems, even if I'm not with him.