To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

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.

No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving fluid of human existence.

To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.

Don't let your brain interfere with your heart.

My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.

When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots - just paint Spring.

Caring is irrelevant. Desire to do good is irrelevant. All that counts is knowledge and results

When I look at the work, if it speaks to me, I'll say 'yes' and if the work doesn't resonate with me, I'll politely decline.

I've been forced to deal with my character assassination.

When I got sick, it threw everything off course.

Our job is to bring the dead facts to life.