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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: Practice, which some...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: Practice, which some...

Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: If you can...

Chris Evert Lloyd: If you can...

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: Ninety percent of...

Chris Evert Lloyd: Ninety percent of...

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

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Martina Navratilova: The image of...

Martina Navratilova: The image of...

The image of women is changing now. You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same...

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Martina Navratilova: Just go out...

Martina Navratilova: Just go out...

Just go out there and do what you've got to do.

Source:
-- Martina Navratilova,...

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Althea Gibson: No matter what...

Althea Gibson: No matter what...

No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helps you.

Source: In Time, 26...

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Marie Curie: One never notices...

Marie Curie: One never notices...

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done . . .

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Peace Pilgrim: I don't eat...

Peace Pilgrim: I don't eat...

I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Charleszetta Waddles: God knows no...

Charleszetta Waddles: God knows no...

God knows no distance.

Source: Mother Waddles: Black Angel of the Poor, by Lee...

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Sonia Johnson: As we do...

Sonia Johnson: As we do...

As we do at such times, I turned on my automatic pilot and went through the motions of normalcy on the outside, so...

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Charlotte Bunch: If you think...

Charlotte Bunch: If you think...

If you think that you are where you are just because you worked hard, it is easy to become self-righteous and make...

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Susanna Moodie: Ah, Hope! what...

Susanna Moodie: Ah, Hope! what...

Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: People who think...

Mary Pettibone Poole: People who think...

People who think money can do anything may very well be suspected of doing anything for...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: Alcohol is a...

Mary Pettibone Poole: Alcohol is a...

Alcohol is a good preservative for everything but brains.

Source: A Glass Eye at a...

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: Once you begin...

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Once you begin...

Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful...

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Helen Keller: I seldom think...

Helen Keller: I seldom think...

I seldom think about my limitations, and they've never made me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at...

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Kathleen Turner: There's something so...

Kathleen Turner: There's something so...

There's something so muffled about the way you experience things. It's as if you were trying to slip through life...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I have been...

Tallulah Bankhead: I have been...

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free...

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Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.

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Eliza Cook: Why should we...

Eliza Cook: Why should we...

Why should we strive, with cynic frown,
To knock their fairy castles down?


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