Legislators and revolutionaries who promise both equality and liberty are visionaries and charlatans.

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.

Almost alone among successful politicians, he took slights personally.

I don't know what we're doing here – you and me … I don't know what we are or what we can be, but this doesn't have to be about that. This can just be about … a chance. Taking a chance.

The best teacher is an entertainer.

I have no complaints, except for the world.

History constantly reminds us that in an uncertain world there is no visibility of prospects. Future earnings cannot be predicted with accuracy.

Never buy at the bottom, and always sell too soon.

Love and work are the only two real things in our lives. They belong together, otherwise it is off. Work is in itself a form of love.

Then Scale by scale, We strip off The delicacy And eat The peaceful mush Of its green heart.

What you have to watch out for are the theories that claim to be infallible. Because the only way their believers can win is to stomp out everyone who disagrees with them.

They thought I was crazy in Mexico when I said, 'I'm going to Hollywood.' Nobody thought I could make it.