The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace.

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.

We can't all be stars because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as I go by.

Who begins too much accomplishes little.

Agreements about what is good or not, are usually not worth much. It is very much like art, is it not an art to lead a good life?

At any moment, I could start being a better person...but which moment should I choose?

Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.

This world is a comedy, not Life.

Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side.

She had eyes like strange sins.

I am for an art that takes into account the direct effect of the elements as they exist from day to day apart from representation.

A true pioneer who to me was like a father when I first came into the Dodger organization. He (Walter O'Malley) stood by me, and after my injury he stood by me and helped me through all of my crises.