If you want someone to develop a specific trait, treat them as though they already had 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.

Things doesn't always start out the way we want them to. It's how they end that's important.

Self-love is when you are genuinely happy not with the image you see in the mirror, but the person you see.

Trying to force something is the best way to stop it from happening.

As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained.

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

Most of us have hoped and prayed for something to happen a certain way, but it didn't. And when this happened, we had a choice to make: to react with offense toward God or to trust Him anyway.

Life is short. Don't miss opportunities to spend time with the people that you love.

We are not final because we are infallible, but infallible only because we are final.

The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.