Everything that frees our spirit without giving us control of ourselves is ruinous.

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 could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.

When one does not have what one wants, one must want what one has.

He might not like that she'd dated the guy one, but he didn't want him dead. Most of the time.

I think we need to have a nest of something which is family.

You know, I am sorry for the poor fellows that haven't got labs to work in.

Under President Obama's new health care law, Medicaid will become a very different health coverage program than first envisioned.

What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with my mother, sister, and brother to spend six months abroad.

For years, I was often afraid to speak up when I didn't fully understand a script. I'd tie myself in knots.

I've felt love from certain songs that I've wanted to experience from other people - where I know that love may never happen - and I want to give that to someone else.

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.