The whole art of living consists in giving up existence in order to exist.

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.

There is nothing that can happen TO you that can’t also happen FOR you…if you’ll let it.

Ultimately, I don't think you can teach a tone-deaf person how to sing. Some talents you're just born with, unfortunately.

Now that you're Secretary of War, what kind of an army do you think we ought to have?

Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.

Isn't life,' she stammered, 'isn't life--' But what life was she couldn't explain. No matter. He quite understood. 'Isn't it, darling?' said Laurie.

We seem to have lost. We have not lost. To refuse to fight would have been to lose; to fight is to win. We have kept faith with the past, and handed on a tradition to the future.

You can't change what you don't understand.

There is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither hope nor love without faith.

There is no such sport as sport by sport o'erthrown.

The pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it.