I will be lord over myself.

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.

We hastily call someone a friend.

Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.

Self-esteem can be so exhausting. I want to cut my hair, change my clothes, erase the pimple from the near-tip of my nose, and strengthen my upper-arm definition, all in the next hour.

Belief in the resurrection is not an appendage to the Christian faith. It is the Christian faith.

IRAs are intended for retirement.

Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists.

The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.

The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.

You've got to have a sense of different audiences. I'm a kind of performer manque - I come from a long line of failed actors!