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Susan Warner: He who serves...

Susan Warner: He who serves...

He who serves God with what costs him nothing, will do very little service, you may depend on...

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Francoise Sagan: There are moments...

Francoise Sagan: There are moments...

There are moments when you feel trapped, ill at ease. A year later the same feeling can turn out to be the theme of a...

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Elizabeth II: I have to...

Elizabeth II: I have to...

I have to be seen to be believed.

Source: In The Wall Street Journal, 21 Apr...

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Pearl Buck: All things are...

Pearl Buck: All things are...

All things are possible until they are proved impossible -- and even the impossible may only be so, as of...

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Agatha Christie: Most successes are...

Agatha Christie: Most successes are...

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by...

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Madeleine L'Engle: I believe that...

Madeleine L'Engle: I believe that...

I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius, or something very small, comes to the artist...

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Even a stopped...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Even a stopped...

Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of...

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Jane Austen: Where an opinion...

Jane Austen: Where an opinion...

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Source: Mary Crawford, in...

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Harper Lee: You never really...

Harper Lee: You never really...

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

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Jane Rule: Morality, like language,...

Jane Rule: Morality, like language,...

Morality, like language, is an invented structure for conserving and communicating order. And morality is learned,...

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Hannah Arendt: The sad truth...

Hannah Arendt: The sad truth...

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be either good or...

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Anais Nin: The shell is...

Anais Nin: The shell is...

The shell is America's most active contribution to the formation of character. A tough hide. Grow it...

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Ariel Durant: Education is the...

Ariel Durant: Education is the...

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Source: In Peter's Quotations, by...

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Alice Dunbar-Nelson: I had not...

Alice Dunbar-Nelson: I had not...

I had not thought of violets of late,
The wild, shy kind that springs beneath your feet
In wistful April...

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Alice Dunbar-Nelson: I sit and...

Alice Dunbar-Nelson: I sit and...

I sit and sew -- a useless task it seems,
My hands grown tired, my head weighed down with dreams . ....

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Audre Lorde: I am deliberate...

Audre Lorde: I am deliberate...

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Bette Davis: Discipline is a...

Bette Davis: Discipline is a...

Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too...

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Ruth Etting: Nothing else to...

Ruth Etting: Nothing else to...

Nothing else to do
but sit around and think about you
just think about you/that's all that I...

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Bette Midler: After thirty, a...

Bette Midler: After thirty, a...

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

Source: Reader's Digest, 1 Jun...

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Oprah Winfrey: I have a...

Oprah Winfrey: I have a...

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

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