What a mighty spirit in a narrow bosom. [Ger., Welch' hoher Geist in einer engen Brust.]

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.

Love begets joy.Joy begets peace.Peace begets patience.Patience begets kindness.Kindness begets goodness.Goodness begets faithfulness.Faithfulness begets gentleness.Gentleness begets self-control.

There is seed time and harvest, choose to sow at the right time so as to have a bountiful harvest.

A century ago, life screwed that poor man and me because we were too young, and now they want to do the same thing because we are too old.

Anywhere, provided it be forward-- farther still farther into the night.

I feel that education needs an overhaul - courses are obsolete and grades are on the way out.

The mind has great advantages over the body; however the body often furnishes little treats ... which offer the mind relief from sad thoughts.

I wanted control over what was said and what was not said, rather than holding my head down in shame.

There's no drug that'll make a stupid man smart.

When what's around you - such as scripts, or like me being on the show and playing 18, now me doing this film playing 18 - it's kind of been what's been there for me.

I'm the type who'd rather not work than work on something I'm not into. I've done that a couple of times, and I feel like I can totally see it in my performance.