The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine

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.

Could you hold the chainsaw a bit closer to your mouth, please?

Power, it seems, is one of those terms we all understand and can explain--until asked to do so.

It can be heartbreaking when you find out that your fairytale image of the world doesn't match the reality.

WHO WHAT WHERE WHY WHENPersonality redefines character through phases of wisdom at different ages

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorists as long as we have a president [Barack Obama] unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorists'.

Many people who live in the USA feel blessed to live in a free country with many opportunities. For this reason, many try to come to the USA, and few ever wish to leave it.

I've never abandoned the novel.

The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?