I am fully convinced that the soul is indestructible, and its activity will continue through eternity.

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.

Regret is an appalling waste of energy you can't build on it it is good only for wallowing.

A leader must face danger. He must take the risk and the blame and the brunt of the storm.

It is remarkable, Hardin, how the religion of science has grabbed hold.

That's the only thing I feel like, "No, no, no, no - I know the way. I know the way. I know where you are and you need to come with me, and we need to take care of our skin."

The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.

All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about.

Make sure that your song is fun and catchy. Make sure that you enjoy singing, and drink tea.

...And Sunday's the one day I rest, give thanks, and bless.

If you want to know how much I love you, look into my eyes with your heart open.

Probably the hardest thing to do was the beginning of the movie ["300"], I think, when we were in Sparta and all that - just getting in the groove.