Writing history is a method of getting rid of the past.

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.

Vampires. They wrote the book on possessive.

People may say I developed an iron will, but what really happened is that I made myself much fitter. I think an iron will is always supported by fitness.

You will never have a better friend than a friend who points you to Christ.

I'm a misunderstood genius." "What's misunderstood?" "Nobody thinks I'm a genius.

Time changes every man. Unusual circumstances change them in unusual ways

My life is a contribution.

A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.

I don't want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like.

Adventure is where you find it, any place, every place, except at home in the rocking chair.