Great endowments often announce themselves in youth in the form of singularity and awkwardness.

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.

You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.

It bothered me that whatever was waiting wasn't waiting for me

An old-timer is someone who can remember when a naughty child was taken to the woodshed instead of to a psychiatrist.

When a man asks your advice, he usually tells you just how he expects you to decide.

I don't have a least favorite [movie] or favorite anything except love versus non-love. Love's my favorite, non-love's my least favorite.

In waking a tiger, use a long stick.

I never had, like, a nanny that took care of me. My mom always fed me breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Communities of every demographic (north, south, urban, rural, public animal control shelter, private shelter) have achieved No Kill success.

Never get into the petty habit of measuring yourself worth against other people's net worth.

Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines.