Top 50 Quotes

"Success is a journey, not a destination"

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again"

"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit"

"Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future"

"There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses so well, she was looked upon as a kind of sorceress"

"What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy"

"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"

"I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head"

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage"

"At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking questions of myself. I guess you might call it the 'what if - what then' approach to writing and illustration"

"We pay when old for the excesses of youth"

"Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now"

"Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great"

"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home"

"Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit"

"The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car... a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result they get little"

"The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling toward them, so I think it's for the best"

"Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity"

"Nothing lasts forever - not even your troubles"

"One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again"

"A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places"

"I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way"

"Do not just look at your boyfriend as just a boyfriend. Look at him as a friend, too"

"Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is. Suppose further, that only one star in a trillion has a planet that could support life. If that were the case, then there would be at least 100 million planets that harbored life"

"Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells they occupied"

"Hate is more lasting than dislike"

"I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure"

"My pride fell with my fortunes"

"The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich"

"A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age"

"The trouble with the future is that is usually arrives before we're ready for it"

"Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop"

"The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me"

"Every human life is a fairy tale written by the finger of God"

"As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen"

"All diseases run into one, old age"

"See into life, don't just look at it"

"I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza"

"Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling"

"As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind"

"The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding"

"Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair"

"A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee"

"Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?"

"Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart"

"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow"

"Take away love and our earth is a tomb"

"Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it"

"The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older"

"One must never look for happiness: one meets it by the way"