The society of women is the element of good manners.

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.

All men are fools, and all men are knights where women are concerned.

They are the we of me.

The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.

Disappointments should be cremated not embalmed.

Peace: in international affairs a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.

Aging gracefully is one thing, but trying to slow it down is another.

Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools with wit.

One difficulty follows another very fast - but God reigns, not chance.

A networker likes to meet people. I don't. I like accomplishing things in the world. You meet people when you want to accomplish something.

I think, a lot of times, directors assume that whatever they get from you the first time, whether it be at an audition or on set, is all that you can bring.