The secret of showmanship consists not of what you really do, but what the mystery-loving public thinks you do.

No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. No ropes or chains can keep me from my freedom.

My Brain is the key that sets me free.

Never try to fool children, they expect nothing, and therefore see everything.

What the eyes sees, the ear hears, and the mind believes.

Never tell the auidience how good you are, they will soon find out for themselves.

Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand it.

Some say I do it this way, others say I do it that way, but I say I do it the other way.

Keep up your enthusiasm! There is nothing more contagious than exuberant enthusiasm.

The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin.

An old trick well done is far better than a new trick with no effect.

A good story invites us into someone else's world where we learn, discover commonalities, and leave with compassion and understanding.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

At the end, everyone just wants to be themselves.

Does the weight of consequence drag you down until it pulls you under?

If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, why would we ask those who do not fear the Lord to teach our children?

Your day usually goes the way the corners of your mouth turn. The most powerful single thing you can do to influence others is to smile at them.

There's only so far you can go before you say enough is enough.

Let the main object... to seek and to find a method of instruction, by which teachers may teach less, but learners learn more.

A broken life in the hands of God is ripe for blessing.

It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God.