Manners form the great charm of women.

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.

Guys like you can't escape the city. Hell, you a got a blood contract with this place. You're married to the old girl.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

My every thought has the power either to wound or heal. I will use my thoughts wisely and respect their power.

Prose talent depends on having something to say and an interesting, highly developed way of saying it.

Love is the harmony of two souls singing together.

The word "influence" means the power to change or affect someone.

In the final analysis the weakness of Black Power is its failure to see that the black man needs the white man and the white man needs the black man.

Give yourself room to make mistakes because you're human. We've got to make mistakes, and allow ourselves to make those mistakes.

Sometimes poor behavior is simply bad execution of good intent.

It is a bad thing for a nation to raise and to admire a false standard of success; and there can be no falser standard than that set by the deification of material well-being in and for itself.