The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.

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.

When a group of people get together, it's collective power. You know that you're doing it for the good.

The older you get the more you understand what you're doing

The root of suffering is attachment

We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period.

Wisely improve the Present. It is thine.

We love things that are convenient.

The American people will not tolerate a clean increase in the debt limit.

While the authority of the doctor or plumber is never questioned, everyone deems himself a good judge and an adequate arbiter of what a work of art should be and how it should be done.

Turn your scars into stars.

The Greeks got into Troy by trying, my pretties; everything's done by trying.