Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.

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.

What do dreams matter if you lose yourself along the way?

You must want a thing enough to chase for it.

Once everyone thought you were crazy, they ignored you even when you told the truth.

When I turned fifteen, I remember my father gave me a credit card which I was allowed to use for two things: emergencies and books.

Let us not forget such words, and all they mean, as hatred, bitterness, and rancor greed, intolerance, bigotry; let us renew our faith and pledge to man, his right to be himself and free.

The core of our defense is the faith we have in the institutions we defend.

There are so many music genres competing against each other, but I feel like country music has always been a unified front.

I think any opportunity you have to be green, whether it's in business or in everyday life, you should take it.

Make me a willow cabin at your gate, And call upon my soul within the house; Write loyal cantons of contemned love And sing them loud even in the dead of night.