The little that is completed, vanishes from the sight of one who looks forward to what is still to do.

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.

Astonish the world with your acts of kindness, being deliberately kind to yourself and others.

I like cats. They don't care if you love Jesus.

Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.

My father was a news guy, you know, he was in radio news. And so that was sort of in my DNA. It was something we talked about at the dinner table when I was a kid.

Keep your eyes open to all the needs you see around you.

Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, himself, his hungering neighbor and me.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

If transport, housing and Olympic projects do not work, I will crawl away under a stone.

...Everyone had to eat, but eating people wasn't polite.

If I'm really working on something, writing or painting or really concentrating, I don't even think about brushing my hair.