If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

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.

Once you have made the world an end, and faith a means, you have almost won your man, and it makes very little difference what kind of worldly end he is pursuing.

The ability to lie, paired with unaccountability, has made a near infinite amount of liabilities.

Play with fire and you WILL get burned.

Education is the art of making man ethical.

I'm a late bloomer. Being a late bloomer is a problem when you decide at 40 you want to have children

I don't like talking about sequels or spinoffs or franchise until they actually happen, until they actually work with the audience.

There will always be people who can do it better than you, but that's a good thing! Start to see competition as inspiration — without envy.

Tommy grabs my waist and swings me around in a circle. I drag my feet because i am opposed to people touching me when I'm not expecting it. Also because it will take more than dancing to cheer me up.

It's the main reason why I continue to push myself and my career to do more and more as the amount that you're able to raise for charity and to give to charity by my celebrity.

It's harder that in looks," I told him when I finally got back in the car. "Most things are.