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Florence Nightingale: I attribute my...

Florence Nightingale: I attribute my...

I attribute my success to this -- I never gave or took any excuse.

Source: In The...

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Barbara Deming: Think first of...

Barbara Deming: Think first of...

Think first of the action that is right to take, think later about coping with one's...

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Marie Curie: Life is not...

Marie Curie: Life is not...

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We...

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Anne Frank: And finally I...

Anne Frank: And finally I...

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on...

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Phyllis McGinley: A lady is...

Phyllis McGinley: A lady is...

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe,
She can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby,
She can use her...

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Pauline Kael: I believe that...

Pauline Kael: I believe that...

I believe that we respond most and best to work in any art form (and to other experience as well) if we are...

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Erica Jong: No one ever...

Erica Jong: No one ever...

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the...

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Fanny Crosby: When I get...

Fanny Crosby: When I get...

When I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my...

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Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Why have they been telling us women lately that we have no sense of humor -- when we are always laughing? . . . and...

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Edith Hamilton: When the mind...

Edith Hamilton: When the mind...

When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.

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Christina of Sweden: We grow old...

Christina of Sweden: We grow old...

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.

Source: Maxims, 1660-1680, in...

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Ruth Benedict: Our faith in...

Ruth Benedict: Our faith in...

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

Source: An...

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Annie Elizabeth Delany: When Negroes are...

Annie Elizabeth Delany: When Negroes are...

When Negroes are average, they fail, unless they are very, very lucky. Now, if you're average and white, honey, you...

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Jane Harrison: Old age, believe...

Jane Harrison: Old age, believe...

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you...

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Mary Ritter Beard: [T]hose who sit...

Mary Ritter Beard: [T]hose who sit...

[T]hose who sit at the feast will continue to enjoy themselves even though the veil that separates them from the world...

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Corrie Ten Boom: The first step...

Corrie Ten Boom: The first step...

The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.

Source: In Draper's...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: It takes as...

Eleanor Roosevelt: It takes as...

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Marie Antoinette: Qu'ils mangent de...

Marie Antoinette: Qu'ils mangent de...

'Qu'ils mangent de la brioche.' Let them eat cake.

Source: Traditional but wrong...

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June Singer: The modern man...

June Singer: The modern man...

The modern man needs to rescue himself from cultural provincialism.

Source:...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: One ugly trick...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: One ugly trick...

One ugly trick has often spoiled
The sweetest and the best;
Matilda, though a pleasant child,
One ugly trick...

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