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Tammy Faye Bakker: I always say...

Tammy Faye Bakker: I always say...

I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.

Source: In And I Quote, by...

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Corrie Ten Boom: Worry is a...

Corrie Ten Boom: Worry is a...

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

Source:...

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Marianne Williamson: Birth is violent,...

Marianne Williamson: Birth is violent,...

Birth is violent, whether it be the birth of a child or the birth of an idea.

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Mary McLeod Bethune: If we have...

Mary McLeod Bethune: If we have...

If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we...

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Corrie Ten Boom: Any concern too...

Corrie Ten Boom: Any concern too...

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

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St Teresa of Avila: It is true...

St Teresa of Avila: It is true...

It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the same . ....

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Hannah Arendt: There are no...

Hannah Arendt: There are no...

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Source: In The New...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: One must choose...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: One must choose...

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: The true way...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: The true way...

The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.

Source: In...

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Maria Montessori: Discipline must come...

Maria Montessori: Discipline must come...

Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined only when he has been...

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Maria Montessori: If education is...

Maria Montessori: If education is...

If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is...

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Jill Ruckelshaus: I have no...

Jill Ruckelshaus: I have no...

I have no hostility towards men. Some of my best friends are men. I married a man, and my father was a...

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Lucretia Mott: Let [woman] receive...

Lucretia Mott: Let [woman] receive...

Let [woman] receive encouragement for the proper cultivation of all her powers, so that she may enter profitably into...

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Bonnie Blair: I'm definitely going...

Bonnie Blair: I'm definitely going...

I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun.

Source: On her...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: All of my...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: All of my...

All of my life I've always had the urge to do things better than anybody else.

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Althea Gibson: In the field...

Althea Gibson: In the field...

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you...

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Amelia Earhart: I want to...

Amelia Earhart: I want to...

I want to do it because I want to do it.

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury of...

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Sarah Winnemucca: Most of teachers...

Sarah Winnemucca: Most of teachers...

Most of teachers have but one object, viz. to draw their salary. I do not think that a teacher should have no salary....

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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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Elizabeth Hardwick: The greatest gift...

Elizabeth Hardwick: The greatest gift...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge...

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