Let us live, while we are alive!

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.

The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

I really have no idea what the French think of my characters, or why The Devil All the Time did so well there.

If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.

Cleveland is the place I grew up and lived much of my adult life, so it will always be a part of my soul.

Take the goods the gods provide, and don't stand and sulk when they are snatched away.

Happiness is simply a state of mind in which our thinking is pleasant a good share of the time.

Treat all things as if they were loaned to you without any ownership - whether body or soul, sense or strength, external goods or honors, house or hall . . . everything.

The only way of really finding out a man's true character is to play golf with him. In no other walk of life does the cloven hoof so quickly display itself.