I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tighrope dancer so that no incompetent would dare step upon 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.

How incredibly far our lives drift from where we knew with all certainty they would go. How little today resembles what yesterday thought it would look like.

That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.

I do not like to work and have no trade but i do like to eat, so this is basic, the basic training of slaves to fear.

I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.

Unraveling the euro is a terrible thing. This is a 50-year endeavor to get this continent together and that's a wonderful endeavor.

I need someone to give me a part where I play the piano so I can learn it. I would love that.

I like to remind myself, as a parent, that God holds me responsible to, not for, my children!

I have always loved things that are timeless and get better with age.

If there is such a thing as a lock on an Oscar nomination, ... Hoffman has one.

There's a whole form of literature in India which talks about the quest for the perfect man by a woman, where every woman looks for a perfect man but only ends up with half that.