Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

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.

Never underestimate yourself when you do what is right. Never overestimate yourself when you do what is wrong.

In the ideal state, laws are few and simple. In the corrupt state, they are many and confused.

Meditation is spending time with the self. It is the time to be intimated with the soul.

It's like rock n' roll for your eyes.

The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

I found by daily experience, the more I did, the more I might do for God.

I wanted to be a veterinarian for about a week of my life when I was a kid. But I found out about the whole euthanasia thing and I said, I can't commit to that, sorry!

Liquid, flowing words are the choicest and the best, if language is regarded as music. But when it is considered as a picture, then there are rough words which are very telling, they make their mark.

Never take no for an answer. It took me 20 years between the time I wrote my first screenplay and the time I actually got money to direct a movie.

The courage to charge for what you do comes from charging for what you do.