The safest thing is always to try to convert everything that is in us and around us into action; let the others talk and argue about it as they please.

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 am absolutely a Giants fan and I'm a Dynasty baby so I was a 49ers fan for a long time.

True prayer is measured by weight, not by length

Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart.

I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.

I like pushing the envelope. But I don't like to do it just for the sake of doing it.

[Alex] Haley had a tendency to write even more frequently and voluminously to his agents and his editors than he did putting pen to paper in his own books.

Theorems often tell us complex truths about the simple things, but only rarely tell us simple truths about the complex ones. To believe otherwise is wishful thinking or "mathematics envy."

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

I'd be derelict in my duty if I didn't go and continue to use every advantage that I can to promote New York's cause.

The best way to avoid criticism is never do anything ever. Or, do what you love, have a great life & let others spend their time criticising.