Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.

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.

For a child, no hand is stronger and softer than the hand which touches her lovingly!

I do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle every morning to keep the old grey matter ticking.

If you're curious, London's an amazing place.

I'd like to say that parody is a celebration of a person's specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery.

I would say, 'I'm alone, but I'm not lonely.' But I was just kidding myself.

The sooner the doctrine of original sin disappears, the better it is for theology.

In real life, what scares me is politicians, corporations and people that think they know what the world should be.

You don't have to be inspired by comedians. You have to be inspired by things that are real, whether it's music, comedy...a movie - that should inspire you.

The friendly cow, all red and white, I love with all my heart; She gives me cream with all her might, To eat with apple-tart.

No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran