It is bad governments, not bad people, who cause revolutions.

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.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

Take time for yourself. If you feel guilty eating lunch away from yourdesk or lingering in a bath, let the deprogramming begin.

When asked his secret of love, being married fifty-four years to the same person, he said, "Ruth and I are happily incompatible."

Beware of any profession for which you must buy new clothes.

Faith - seeing your husband as Jesus sees him.

I have survived by representing these sufferings of mine in the form of the novel.

I have a dream: that in my job, everything goes a bit faster. Five minutes hair, make-up five minutes, ten minutes and ready for a good picture. That would make life much easier.

Affirm continuously to yourself: I am in the right place, at the right time, for the right purpose.

Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris

Where else? I belong to a lost generation and am comfortable only in the company of others who are lost and lonely.