The rose is wont with pride to swell, and ever seeks to rise.

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.

I think America has more than enough maturity and intelligence to start exercising its world leadership responsibly.

As far as my tax returns, you don't learn that much from tax returns.

Mankind can be very magnanimous, given the chance.

We can't give our children the future, strive though we may to make it secure. But we can give them the present.

Philosophy's work is finding the shortest path between two points.

What a cute man! Hey, I may be pregnant, but I can still see!

If your husband expects you to laugh, do so; if he expects you to cry, don't; if you don't know what he expects, what are you doing married?

I miss being fawned over by restaurateurs and chefs.

From old habit, unconsciously he thanked God that he no longer believed in Him.

It's interesting to think that my children know more about the process than many mature critics.