One is never satisfied with the portrait of a person that one knows.

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.

Nobody from your past should beheld responsible for your future.The only person accountable foryour future is you.

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

When I got married, I hired a great choir - the St. James Choir, an all-black gospel choir - to sing at my wedding.

I'm not the most emotionally attuned guy in the world. My wife says that me writing about emotion is like Gandhi writing about gluttony.

Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.

You're bound to get idears if you go thinkin' about stuff

Here Lies Julius Schwartz. He met his last deadline.

To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart.

Speaking for myself, my first priority is to take care of my family. That's first and foremost.