In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.

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.

No explanation is ever as good as not having one.

Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone.

I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want to be an OK car salesman, you want to play the best car salesman.

the most powerful bodies in the world, the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, are also the least democratic and inclusive.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

I never went to church a day in my life. The dominant religion (influence) in my family was my grandfather who was a Scientologist.

The fight will last as long as I allow it to last.

Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception

You just never know what's around the next corner in life or business or anything.

I find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there's a gas bill tied to it.