The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.

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.

Friendship is something in the soul. It is a thing one feels. It is not a return for something.

Not to do as the child wishes would be wrong because he is born on a path, and it would be evil, a crime against nature to make him deny his spirit.

Combine common sense and the Golden Rule and you will have very little bad luck.

Kids can handle a lot more than you think they can. It's when they get to be grown up that you have to start worrying.

But I do think it's important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books, they can often learn about their own books.

Do you mind if I don't smoke?

The movement of the stream is distinct from the river bed, although it must adopt its winding course.

When it comes to football I think it's vital you always enjoy playing.

Pretending is a virtue. If you cant pretend, you can't be king.

Don't sleep in the subway, darling.