Whoever strikes at marriage either by word or act undermines the foundation of all moral society.

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.

Crying is good for the soul. It means something needs to be released. And if you don't release the something, it just weighs you down until you can hardly move.

Knowledge (curriculum) and behavior (pedagogy) are embedded in everyone’s core beliefs about the nature of God, humanity, and the world.

Life can be very deep, but I'm trying to stay at the shallow end.

I believe there is a considerable range in the bang of most guns.

Sometimes you have to be uncomfortable.

A tautology's truth is certain, a proposition's possible, a contradiction's impossible.

I was a relationship retard. I kicked, shoved, and punched people out of my life, so they never had a chance to hurt me.

In special education, there's too much emphasis placed on the deficit and not enough on the strength.

It's very different. You do so many things in this play. You can't just focus on acting or singing. You have to be good at both. I'm very glad I did this play.

I have spent my career trying to get Congressmen to spend the people's money as if it were their own. But I have failed.