The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

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.

Not just beautiful, though--the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me.

People who insist on dividing the world into 'Us' and 'Them' never contemplate that they may be someone else's 'Them'.

She was never satisfied with anything less than perfection, but she was no grind. She was too interested in people.

When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it.

That's your response to everything: drink?" "No, that's my response to nothing.

The films I've made for children have been my hardest work, my best, because kids deserve the best.

I've always used Old English in certain songs.

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.

If you weren't naggin', honey, you'd be so sweet.

In everything I do, whether in business, philanthropy or my personal life, I am guided by my inner truth, my values.