Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved.

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.

Anything the Austrians could do, the Prussians could do better.

You don't know now and after and before who has watched you and who is watching you and who will continue doing that.

My town's quite small and you kinda recognize everyone when you see them, so I definitely get funny looks from people.

Now I see that I will never find the light Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, Consuming myself.

Well, my smile's pretty hard to miss, considering I'm a gal who likes her lipstick-the redder the better.

Realize that war is common and justice is strife, and that all things come into being and pass away through strife.

We have an authorization to use military force against terrorists. We passed it after 9/11.

What have you done for YOURSELF this year to create a better life?

Most of us have experienced wow moments. We just haven't taken time to think deeply about them.

Other than dying, I think puberty is probably about as rough as it gets.