My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.

Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.

When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.

I’ve gone into hundreds of [fortune-teller's parlors], and have been told thousands of things, but nobody ever told me I was a policewoman getting ready to arrest her.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not.

Work like you don’t need money, love like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like no one’s watching

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes.

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

Watch your thoughts; they become words.<br /> Watch your words; they become actions.<br /> Watch your actions; they become habits.<br /> Watch your habits;...

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only...