When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove their trash.

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.

Passion is never pathetic.

Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular skill.

Monsters are easy, Miss Rook. They're monsters. But a monster in a suit? That's basically just a wicked man, and a wicked man is a more dangerous thing by far.

Respect for people is the cornerstone of communication and networking.

Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate.

First Rule of Acting: Whatever happens, look as if it were intended.

He (Jesus) came so that we might receive new life through supernatural regeneration.

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform and mortal men lay hold on heaven.

The more you look at 'common knowledge', the more you realise that it is more likely to be common than it is to be knowledge. No real knowledge is common.

I would love a recurring role on '90210.' I would say yes to just about any role in acting that doesn't tarnish my image.