The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.

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.

the stars began to burnthrough the sheets of clouds, and there was a new voicewhich you slowlyrecognized as your own

He is a cat, Miss Lancaster. Asking him such questions is an exercise in futility.

Amnesia was a soldier's best friend, and luckily, it could be taught. Missing limbs still ache, but missing memories never do.

I don't see coach job stressful, I really don't. Of course, there is pressure and expectation, but I wouldn't necessarily equate that with stress.

Everything good I've ever gotten in life, I only got because I gave something else up.

I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.

Businesses can be opaque. They are complex. You don't know how aircraft engines work either.

A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.

I'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute.

unless a religion springs from within the people themselves, it is a weapon of the system.