There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on how one looks at it.

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.

Writing is not a numbers game. You should focus more on reaching the hearts of readers and building fans more than publishing a plethora of books that no one may care about.

If you're going to play the game [politics] properly, you'd better know every rule.

Of course language is not an infallible guide, but it contains, with all its defects, a good deal of stored insight and experience.

Men should be explorers no matter how old they are.

A photo says, you were happy, and I wanted to catch that. A photo says, you were so important to me that I put down everything else to come watch.

Money and donations are an important part of our political system. They are hard power.

God can't fill you when you are already full of yourself.

One thing I have learned is that I should trust my 'gut' instincts. Ultimately, only we know what is best for us.

Sometimes it's the shortest moments that create the longest impact.'

We can shape events in each other's brains with exquisite precision.