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Vera Brittain: For the courage...

Vera Brittain: For the courage...

For the courage of greatness is adventurous and knows not withdrawing,
But grasps the nettle, danger, with resolute...

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Vera Brittain: His secret realisation...

Vera Brittain: His secret realisation...

His secret realisation of his physical cowardice led him to underrate his exceptional moral courage . ....

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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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Linda Ellerbee: Styles, like everything...

Linda Ellerbee: Styles, like everything...

Styles, like everything else, change. Style doesn't.

Source: Move On.
-- Linda...

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Patricia Fripp: You are no...

Patricia Fripp: You are no...

You are no more exempt from time's inexorable passing than Macbeth. Whether time is your friend or foe depends on how...

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Marie de Sevigne: . . .the...

Marie de Sevigne: . . .the...

. . .the most astonishing, the most surprising, the most marvelous, the most miraculous. . . the greatest, the least,...

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Marie de Sevigne: There is no...

Marie de Sevigne: There is no...

There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view...

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Jean Kerr: The average, healthy,...

Jean Kerr: The average, healthy,...

The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain...

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Jean Kerr: I make mistakes;...

Jean Kerr: I make mistakes;...

I make mistakes; I'll be the second to admit it.

Source: The Snake Has All the...

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Abigail Van Buren: True, a little...

Abigail Van Buren: True, a little...

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

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Abigail Van Buren: The less you...

Abigail Van Buren: The less you...

The less you talk, the more you're listened to.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ellen Goodman: Values are not...

Ellen Goodman: Values are not...

Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in.

Source: In Reader's...

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Adela Rogers St Johns: God made man,...

Adela Rogers St Johns: God made man,...

God made man, and then said I can do better than that and made woman.

Source:...

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Meg Greenfield: There is such...

Meg Greenfield: There is such...

There is such a thing as tempting the gods. TalkIng too much, too soon and with too much self-satisfaction has always...

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Helen Rowland: Every once in...

Helen Rowland: Every once in...

Every once in a while nature stops experimenting and creates a man.

Source: In...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: There are no...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: There are no...

There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way before. There are no channels marked. The flier...

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Dorothea Brande: All that is...

Dorothea Brande: All that is...

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: act as if it were impossible to fail....

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Dorothea Brande: Envisioning the end...

Dorothea Brande: Envisioning the end...

Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Lynn Caine: Widow is a...

Lynn Caine: Widow is a...

Widow is a harsh and hurtful word. It comes from the Sanskrit and it means empty. I have been empty too...

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Ernestine L Rose: When a man...

Ernestine L Rose: When a man...

When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my...

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