Most man only care for science so far as they get a living by it, and that they worship even error when it affords them a subsistence.

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.

Don't be in a hurry to achieve your dreams. Take a day to play with your kids and relax - your dreams will still be there tomorrow.

I try to not be too hard on myself regarding my diet. I've always been a workout-to-eat kind of a girl.

There I was, an 18-year-old mimic rooming with a blind whistler.

Be prepared to be enlightened, enraged, amused, engaged, and above all provoked.

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

I've never been one that thinks that the function of an instrument is to approach the purity of voice or the structure of a beautifully sung line.

You're trying to dramatize events to tell a story most effectively. That doesn't mean the events aren't true, it just means you're making them as dramatic as you possibly can.

That was the most exciting period, I think: at first, when you get the success on that really large scale.

More than anyone, I am aware of the preconceptions. I was a Spice Girl. I'm married to a footballer.