Like the star that shines afar, Without haste and without rest, Let each one wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day, And do their best.

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.

You are living to the fullest when you live to discover and fulfill your purpose

Any subject we exclude from fiction will drop from our culture's memory.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.

There's always this sound out there that's just a little beyond my reach & that just sort of keeps me going.

When you least feel like it, do something for someone else. You forget about your own situation. It gives you a purpose, as opposed being sorrowful and lonely.

We Germans carried our hatred from the First World War to the Second World War, and now you are about to carry the hatred about the murder of 5 million people on to another World War.

If you're interested, you will do what is convenient; if you're committed, you'll do whatever it takes.

Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.

The first CD said exactly what it was. I was just in the streets hustling. I come from a family of hustlers.