Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!

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.

Greatness like every other product is bought with the currency of time

When facing unbeatable odds, just think of yourself as unbeatably odd. (The Hero's Guide to Being a Hero)

The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.

Science is nothing but developed perception interpreted intent common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away.

As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.

For life is only life when blessed with health.

I think Pope Francis is our Pope Francis. I mean, the point of him is that he's a global leader, and he's trying, I think he's embracing that role.

A man has got to keep his extrication. The important thing is not to get bogged down In what he has to do to earn a living.

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.