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Helen Keller: The most pathetic...

Helen Keller: The most pathetic...

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but has no vision.

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Helen Keller: Although the world...

Helen Keller: Although the world...

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

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Anne Frank: Who would ever...

Anne Frank: Who would ever...

Who would ever think that so much can go on in the soul of a young girl?

Source:...

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Anne Frank: Laziness may appear...

Anne Frank: Laziness may appear...

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Source: The Diary of a...

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Anne Frank: Think of all...

Anne Frank: Think of all...

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Source: Diary of a...

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Phyllis Battelle: The general rule...

Phyllis Battelle: The general rule...

The general rule is that people who enjoy life also enjoy marriage.

Source: Hearst...

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Miriam Beard: Leisure for reverie,...

Miriam Beard: Leisure for reverie,...

Leisure for reverie, gay or somber, does much to enrich life.

Source: Realism in...

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Elizabeth Janeway: Such simplicity cannot...

Elizabeth Janeway: Such simplicity cannot...

Such simplicity cannot be taught. But it can be denied and lost.

Source: In The...

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Dolores Huerta: If you haven't...

Dolores Huerta: If you haven't...

If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others.

Source: In...

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Dorothy Day: In fact, to...

Dorothy Day: In fact, to...

In fact, to this very day, common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just...

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Anna Jameson: Fame is that...

Anna Jameson: Fame is that...

Fame is that which is known to exist by the echo of its footsteps through congenial minds.

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Peggy Noonan: Read good, big...

Peggy Noonan: Read good, big...

Read good, big important things.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Germaine Greer: Energy is the...

Germaine Greer: Energy is the...

Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it, for it is a...

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Clara McBride Hale: I'm not an...

Clara McBride Hale: I'm not an...

I'm not an American hero. I'm a person who loves children.

Source: In Words of...

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Clara McBride Hale: If you can't...

Clara McBride Hale: If you can't...

If you can't hold [children] in your arms, please hold them in your heart.

Source:...

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Mary Church Terrell: [T]he chasm between...

Mary Church Terrell: [T]he chasm between...

[T]he chasm between the principles upon which this Government was founded, in which it still professes to believe, and...

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: There is a...

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: There is a...

There is a solitude which each and every one of us has always carried within. More inaccessible than the ice cold...

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Jane Addams: Social advance depends...

Jane Addams: Social advance depends...

Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result...

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Germaine Greer: Human beings have...

Germaine Greer: Human beings have...

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called...

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Jeanne-Marie Roland: A fondness for...

Jeanne-Marie Roland: A fondness for...

A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in...

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