There are people who make no mistakes because they never wish to do anything worth doing.

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.

Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.

My heart still speaks of our fire.

TV has lost a lot of its self-confidence as its power has been eroded by the internet.

We have heard of many people who trusted God too little, but have you ever heard of anyone who trusted Him too much?

For the man who thought he was Man there is no salvation.

The most original sin is not the thinker's but the poet's.

The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, All on a summer day: The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, And took them quite away!

Justice William Brennan stated that the phrase 'under God' in our Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional because it no longer has a religious purpose or meaning.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.

Everybody dies, Sally. The thing is to die well.