I hate every violent overthrow, because as much is destroyed as is gained by it.

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.

a great publicity is a high way to remote customers and a universal key to the gate of ignorance

I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.

Judgment is judgment, whether you're obese, or too skinny, or not athletic enough.

The three chief causes of divorce are men, women, and marriage.

After I had done a handful of cartoons I was satisfied with, I started submitting them to the magazines.

There's only winning and losing, and in our society, as in all societies, there's the person that's doing the winning, or there's the person that's facilitating the winning.

I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old.

I know how much embarrassment hurts, and I love it as a theme because you can keep digging a hole. It's just an endless well, embarrassment.

It's not about what it looks like in the studio or on the runway. It's what it looks like on a real person that matters.

Knowledge is not power, it is only potential. Applying that knowledge is power. Understanding why and when to apply that knowledge is wisdom!