Even the lowliest, provided he is whole, can be happy, and in his own . way, perfect.

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.

It is vanity to chase the whirlwind.

I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around that time.

The entire ball game, in terms of both the exam and life, was what you gave attention to vs. what you willed yourself to not.

I glory in the conflict, that I may hereafter exult in the victory. I know that victory is certain.

Even marginal progress could be affected by investigations in Little Rock and in Washington.

I keep saying, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, you are as obscure as life is.

Sit back and get some sleep. Oh great. So if we have an accident and I'm asleep my resistance toward fighting death will be down and I'll wake up in a morgue.

Today I know this: when it comes time to take stock, the most painful wound is that of broken friendships; and there is nothing more foolish than to sacrifice a friendship to politics.

A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lyon.

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?