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Joanna Field: I came...

Joanna Field: I came...

I came to the conclusion then that continual mindfulness. . . must mean, not a sergeantmajor-like drilling of...

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Maria Montessori: If we can,...

Maria Montessori: If we can,...

If we can, when we have established individual discipline, arrange the children, sending each one to his own place, in...

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Mary Ritter Beard: The dogma of...

Mary Ritter Beard: The dogma of...

The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever...

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: I think he...

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: I think he...

I think he will probably come round in time, I mean to renew the subject pretty often.

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Joyce Brothers: Being taken for...

Joyce Brothers: Being taken for...

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted person in another...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: What one has...

Eleanor Roosevelt: What one has...

What one has to do usually can be done.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Queen Mother Elizabeth: The children will...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: The children will...

The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does, and the King will not leave the...

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Etty Hillesum: I would ....

Etty Hillesum: I would ....

I would . . . be so exhausted by my determination that I had no strength left to do the actual...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Experience isn't interesting...

Elizabeth Bowen: Experience isn't interesting...

Experience isn't interesting till it begins to repeat itself - in fact, till it does that, it hardly is...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: Invest in the...

Mary McLeod Bethune: Invest in the...

Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.

Source: In...

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Florence Scovel Shinn: Every great work,...

Florence Scovel Shinn: Every great work,...

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and...

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Bonnie Blair: I'm definitely going...

Bonnie Blair: I'm definitely going...

I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun.

Source: On her...

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Rachel Carson: Every mystery solved...

Rachel Carson: Every mystery solved...

Every mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.

Source: In...

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Rebecca West: The main difference...

Rebecca West: The main difference...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

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Harriet Ann Jacobs: Hot weather brings...

Harriet Ann Jacobs: Hot weather brings...

Hot weather brings out snakes and slaveholders, and I like one class of the venomous creatures as little as I do the...

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Grace Speare: Welcome every problem...

Grace Speare: Welcome every problem...

Welcome every problem as an opportunity. Each moment is the great challenge, the best thing that ever happened to you...

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Peace Pilgrim: Many people profess...

Peace Pilgrim: Many people profess...

Many people profess Christianity. Very few live it-almost none. And when you live it people may think you're crazy. It...

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Aimee Semple Mcpherson: I have never...

Aimee Semple Mcpherson: I have never...

I have never been brought up a Catholic - I mean, a Roman Catholic - we're all Catholics, aren't we? We're Protestant...

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Andrea Dworkin: Male supremacy is...

Andrea Dworkin: Male supremacy is...

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms...

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Georgie Anne Geyer: It was when...

Georgie Anne Geyer: It was when...

It was when 'reporters' became 'journalists' and when 'objectivity' gave way to 'searching for the truth,' that an...

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