I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.
Know what you want to do hold the thought firmly and do every day what should be done and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
Young women with ambitions should be very crafty and cautious, lest mayhap they be caught in the soft, silken mesh of a happy marriage, and go down to oblivion, dead to the world.
This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
The line between failure and success is so fine. . . that we are often on the line and do not know it.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.
Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think.
