The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.

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.

To believe a thing is not to make it true.

I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.

None but God would ever have thought of justifying me. I am a wonder to myself.

You'd have to live in a cave not to know about the Carrier Dome. It put Syracuse on the map.

It's boring to be like everybody.

Margo's beauty was a kind of sealed vessel of perfection--uncracked and uncrackable.

I was a wayward child, very passionate and very determined. If I made up my mind to do something, there was no stopping me.

By viewing our relationships with friends, family, and co-workers as mirrors, as teachers - we see that they are reflecting back to us exactly what we most need to learn.

One thing that irritates me is when people kind of make assumptions.

No matter how loud you shout, you will not drown out the voice of the people!