To become aware in time when young of the advantages of age; to maintain the advantages of youth in old age: both are pure fortune.

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.

You hear me, don't ever let anyone kill the spark inside you. No matter what.

The people you need to help you make your dream come true are everywhere and within your reach.

If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape it would be the shape of a boomerang.

A hungry mob is an angry mob.

[Magnus] was wearing canary-yellow pajamas, and on his feet were green slippers with alien faces, complete with sproingy atennae.

I've never particularly liked the idea of looking back; I'd rather look forward

Halt shook his head. Frankly, he'd seen sacks of potatoes that could sit a horse better than Erak

Our democracy flourishes when people stand up for themselves and engage in the political process.

I don't like John Terry and I never have. He's got funny eyes and he's a cry baby. He's also a Cockney.

Humans are just a very, very small part of the panoply of life, and it is arguable that in a certain sense, humans have emancipated themselves from Darwinian selection.