C. Elizabeth Quotes

Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.

I think a lot of young people have incredible ideas and incredible insights, but sometimes they wait before they go give their life to something. What I did was just to start a little earlier.

I am not afraid of much. I kill all the spiders in my house, and I'm planning to go skydiving. I am into girl power, and I'm very self-sufficient.

To all who want to accomplish something I say, Go into the silence regularly for power and wisdom to accomplish.

All my possessions for a moment of time.

Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

She long ago accepted the fact that happiness is like, swallows in spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not. You cannot command it.

Balance is not letting anyone love you less than you love yourself.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Out of the doctrine of original sin grew the crimes and miseries of asceticism, celibacy and witchcraft; woman becoming the helpless victim of all these delusions.

What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.

Grief is an expression that you loved well.

College students today are drowning in debt, and it is hurting them and hurting our economy. We must find a way to help families pay for college without condemning them to a lifetime of indebtedness.

How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital.

I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.

a labor victory must be economic and it must be revolutionizing.

Amateurs built the Ark; Professionals built the Titanic.

By our actions we tell Him of our love.

You who have read the history of nations, from Moses down to our last election, where have you ever seen one class looking after the interests of another?

Panic plays no part in the training of a nurse.

I don't keep a dog and bark myself.

Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.

I will have here but one mistress and no master.

The use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession therof.

The minute someone says 'Oh God, you could never do that; you can't get that kind of stuff on the air'...that's the kind of stuff I want to do.

Really, handknitting is a dreamy activity, built into many people's thumbs and fingers by genes already there, itching to display their skills and achievement possibilities.

This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.

A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman.

I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.

One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.

Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.

Fundamentally, the answers to our challenges in healthcare relies in engaging and empowering the individual.

When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead.

At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.

[On women's role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation.

O rose, who dares to name thee? No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet, But pale, and hard, and dry, as stubblewheat, Kept seven years in a drawer, thy titles shame thee.

Princes have big ears which hear far and near.

I would like to spend the rest of my days in a place so silent–and working at a pace so slow–that I would be able to hear myself living.

Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love.

The longer I live the more conscious I am of human frailty, and of the constant, overwhelming need we all have of God’s grace.

It was not the apple on the tree but the pair on the ground that caused the trouble in the garden of Eden.

Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.

Prosperity provideth, but adversity proveth friends.

I was so strictly brought up that the only time I could get away would be on my own pony. I could ride wherever I wanted on my godfather's estate in Kent.I wasn't brought up to be afraid of anything.

To be cautious, one should not take high confidence as any absolute guarantee of anything.

He who breathes deepest lives most.

It's a happy life, but someone is missing. It's a happy life, and someone is missing.

I believe in the unlimited power of women in the context of science and engineering.