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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: Knowledge increases in...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: Knowledge increases in...

Knowledge increases in proportion to its use -- that is, the more we teach the more we...

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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The more thou...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The more thou...

The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire --...

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Martha Beck: Every instance of...

Martha Beck: Every instance of...

Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really...

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Peg Bracken: The fact is,...

Peg Bracken: The fact is,...

The fact is, the cocktail party has much in its favor. Going to one is a good way of indicating that you're still...

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Deborah Tannen: We all know...

Deborah Tannen: We all know...

We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of...

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Eileen Caddy: Expect your every...

Eileen Caddy: Expect your every...

Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level . ....

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Mary Astor: It's not good...

Mary Astor: It's not good...

It's not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences instead of the...

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Joanna Baillie: I have seen...

Joanna Baillie: I have seen...

I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is...

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Adrienne Rich: There is the...

Adrienne Rich: There is the...

There is the falsely mystical view of art that assumes a kind of supernatural inspiration, a possession by universal...

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Jessye Norman: I have a...

Jessye Norman: I have a...

I have a particular affliction. I am unable to say a word I can't spell.

Source:...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Oh, that it...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Oh, that it...

Oh, that it were my chief delight
To do the things I ought!
Then let me try with all my might
To mind what I...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: . . ....

Sarah Josepha Hale: . . ....

. . . rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising...

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Corita Kent: Life is a...

Corita Kent: Life is a...

Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.

Source: In...

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Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativeness often consists...

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativeness often consists...

Creativeness often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were...

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Anita Roddick: I am still...

Anita Roddick: I am still...

I am still looking for the modern equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses, made money because they...

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Helena Rubinstein: Whether you are...

Helena Rubinstein: Whether you are...

Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember, understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist. Adjust your...

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Kathy Ireland: . . ....

Kathy Ireland: . . ....

. . . I saw people willing to compromise themselves, or change themselves, to acquire what they thought was important....

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Amy Vanderbilt: [I am] a...

Amy Vanderbilt: [I am] a...

[I am] a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what...

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Leontyne Price: Art is the...

Leontyne Price: Art is the...

Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the...

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Diana Ross: You can't just...

Diana Ross: You can't just...

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it...

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