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Barbara De Angelis: In order to...

Barbara De Angelis: In order to...

In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a...

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Barbara De Angelis: No one is...

Barbara De Angelis: No one is...

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or...

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Marjorie Rosen: Which is strongest...

Marjorie Rosen: Which is strongest...

Which is strongest the reality out of which the illusion is created, the celluloid illusion itself, or the need for...

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Mary Ritter Beard: It is grievous...

Mary Ritter Beard: It is grievous...

It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be...

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Abigail Adams: A little of...

Abigail Adams: A little of...

A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the...

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Lauren Bacall: The purity of...

Lauren Bacall: The purity of...

The purity of Jewish upbringing is the restrictions that one carries through life being a nice Jewish girl -- what a...

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Lynn Fontanne: I lied to...

Lynn Fontanne: I lied to...

I lied to everybody. I lie very well, being an actress, naturally.

Source: On...

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Adelaide A Proctor: I know too...

Adelaide A Proctor: I know too...

I know too well the poison and the sting
Of things too sweet.


Source: Per Pacem...

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Lucretia Mott: Truth for authority,...

Lucretia Mott: Truth for authority,...

Truth for authority, not authority for truth.

Source: Motto, quoted in The Peerless...

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Angelina Grimke: If a law...

Angelina Grimke: If a law...

If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course...

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Julia Child: I was 32...

Julia Child: I was 32...

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

Source: Particular...

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Susanna Moodie: When things come...

Susanna Moodie: When things come...

When things come to the worse, they generally mend.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Eileen Caddy: A human being...

Eileen Caddy: A human being...

A human being is a single being. Unique and unrepeatable.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Grace Speare: We must realize...

Grace Speare: We must realize...

We must realize that the subconscious mind is the law of action and always expresses what the conscious mind has...

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Peace Pilgrim: World peace will...

Peace Pilgrim: World peace will...

World peace will never be stable until enough of us find inner peace to stabilize it.

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Hannah Whitall Smith: The true secret...

Hannah Whitall Smith: The true secret...

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken...

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Mary Astell: If all men...

Mary Astell: If all men...

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?

Source: In...

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Sylvia Pankhurst: A wondrous city...

Sylvia Pankhurst: A wondrous city...

A wondrous city of fairest carving, reflected in gleaming waters swirled to new patterning by every passing...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The formula for...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The formula for...

The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: I always looked...

Chris Evert Lloyd: I always looked...

I always looked ahead.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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