Our passions are true phoenixes; as the old burn out the new straight rise up from the ashes.

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.

And it's Gryfindor in possession again, as Johnson takes the Quaffle— Flint alongside her —poke him in the eye, Angelina —it was a joke, professor, it was a joke...

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

It is in recognizing the actual presence of God that we find prayer no longer a chore but a supreme delight.

Your perspective probably depends on where you live.

It could just be a shift on the axis.

I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the Afro Look.

Science is what scientists do, and there are as many scientific methods as there are individual scientists.

You can take it as understood, That your luck changes only if it's good.

I don't really get recognized for Lost anymore or even the Disney movie I did because I was so much younger. I really looked so different. I've really grown a lot.

Criticism? An artist wants praise. Praise.