Lord Byron is only great as a poet; as soon as he reflects he is a child.

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.

There’s a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings.

The beauty of adversity is that when we hit bottom, the only way to go is up.

Better beware of the newly deadOf the white-handed ghostAnd the brightness of these lamps . . .

Better is the enemy of best.

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it but there's less of you.

The path to obesity is paved with bacon and white bread; the way to skinny is built on apples and Ezekiel.

The reason why life is a sleep & dream for most people is because their awareness is caught up with past or future & not with what is.

When you do a film, all you want is to make the best film possible. You don't think about Oscars. But it's really flattering. Please, bring it on!

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

Compassion is ethical intelligence: it is the capacity to make connections and the consequent urge to act to relieve the suffering of others.