“Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words.”
“Young people have an almost biological destiny to be hopeful.”
“Put even the plainest woman into a beautiful dress and unconsciously she will try to live up to it.”
“It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t. It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.”
“Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.”
“Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible.”
“Funny business, a woman’s career: the things you drop on the way up the ladder so you can move faster. You forget you’ll need them …
“To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely.”
“Don’t reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can’t have two sets of manners, two social codes – one for those you admire and …
“Only fools are positive.”
“Let a good man do good deeds with the same zeal that the evil man does bad ones.”
“Brass bands are all very well in their place – outdoors and several miles away.”
“The older I get, the more I feel / almost beautiful…”
“Wear the old coat and buy the new book.”
“Thus, in a real sense, I am constantly writing autobiography, but I have to turn it into fiction in order to give it credibility.”
“Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.”
“Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.”
“If we don’t change direction soon, we’ll end up where we’re going.”
“With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing.”
“The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.”
“This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the …
“The intermediate stage between socialism and capitalism is alcoholism.”
“We begin to see that the completion of an important project has every right to be dignified by a natural grieving process. Something that required …
“Most people ignore most poetry / because / most poetry ignores most people.”
“A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.”
“The way we distinguish ourselves is by showing our individuality.”
“Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.”
“I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.”
“All the world’s a cage.”
“I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.”
“The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.”
“Hello seeker! Now don’t feel alone here in the New Age, because there’s a seeker born every minute.”
“It’s always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.”
“Whenever I hear, ‘It can’t be done,’ I know I’m close to success.”
“There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.”
“Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.”
“Exercise alone provides psychological and physical benefits. However, if you also adopt a strategy that engages your mind while you exercise, you can get a …
“Trouble is part of your life, and if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person who loves you a chance to love you …
“You can’t make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you’re doing is recording it.”
“Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to …