The history of a man is in his character.

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.

According to Okonkwo, the British via its indirect rule system ensured that Africans saw their native leaders as the demons who betrayed their people. He called it a demonocracy

Passion is more developed than discovered.

I've written films that are violent. I'm not big on sitting and watching violence.

With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first murder, with the first purge and execution, we have lost the revolution.

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

Among the liberal arts, let us begin with the art that liberates us.

The celebration... you cannot practice it or anything. It's a moment when the excitement of your goal make you react to the moment.

Define better with that guy. Not all fangs and raaaaar.

I like all kinds of movies, I love movies; and I always wanted to try and make one.

We sit in silence awhile then I blurt out the thing that's on both our minds. "How are we going to kill these people, Peeta?