He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.

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.

Good intentions but bad results

Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days.

If you saw me without makeup, you wouldn't recognize me.

Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art.

The pool of people you care about is going to shift over time.

For me, running is a lifestyle and an art. I'm more interested in the magic of it than the mechanics.

I don't necessarily love all the collaborations that I've done; the more I work with other people, the more I realize that I want to work with myself.

Pretty Women Wonder Where My Secret Lies, Im Not Cute Or Built To Fit A Fashion Models Size.

Back in the 70s and 80s, women felt the discrimination of being overweight. And now 35% of the letters I receive are from men.

It may be that the books that were best liked in your lifetime are not the ones that are best liked 100 years later.