He who moves not forward, goes backward.

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 didn’t get the quest you wanted, you got the one you could do.

If it is impossible let's do it because nothing is impossible, if you set your mind to it.

People who run environmental groups and things like that, who have to listen to all kinds of nonsense and keep their tempers, are very diplomatic and very inclusive.

The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.

I love the mystery, the reconstruction of history, and the way past and future define each other.

"This - is now my way - where is yours"? Thus did I answer those who asked me "the way". For the way - it does not exist!

Sometimes I think I’m the last remaining person who goes to the shows for the pleasure of seeing the clothes, rather than desperately wanting to be there for the social side

Oklahoma is the cultural center of the universe.

A movie isn't a political movement, a party or even an article. It's just a film. At best it can add its voice to public outrage.

Envy is always referred to by its political alias, 'social justice.