There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

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.

Let your life be joyful, mystical, everlasting blossoms of poetic ecstasy.

The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men round to his opinion 20 years later.

I've spent so long on some paintings that I no longer know what to think of them, and I am definitely getting harder to please; nothing satisfies me.

....basically the sort of guy who looks entirely at home in sockless white loafers and a mint-green knit shirt from Lacoste.

The Lord shall have made his American Israel high above all nations which he hath made.

I have patience in all things - as far as the antechamber.

Unless you invest in people, you are not going to see growth in the long term, the medium term, and maybe even the short term.

I equally dislike the favor of the public with the love of a woman - they are both a cloying treacle to the wings of independence.

In the final analysis courage is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of existence, to the shocks which it is necessary to bear for the sake of realizing one's own nature.

Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people want to be rich.