Nature goes her own way, and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.

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.

No one is ordinary because every person carries the wisdom of his own unique path!

The greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong.

[Arnold Schwarzenegger] is funny. Some great one-liners, some great banter between him and the contestants [on "The Apprentice" ]. And he's good!

Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.

Who wants a dream that's near-fetched?

Buy a condom, ribbed for her pleasure. Turn it inside out, now it's ribbed for your pleasure.

Artists do not run away from non-being, but by encountering and wrestling with it, force it to produce being.

I think if you're a good songwriter, that's what you are first - not a star or celebrity.