Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

To See What Is Right And Not Do It Is A Lack Of Courage.

What you do not want done to yourself do not do to others.

Choose a job that you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.

There are some things I can't control, & that's just the way it is.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts of ways, a wicked wit.

I laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I'm always finding something funny.

I really hated being the Norwegian girl in every single conversation in Australia, so I tried to make my Norwegian-ness invisible, speaking like whoever was around me.

How to defend yourself against a banana

If your eyes weren't open, you wouldn't know the difference between dreaming and waking.

This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture.

There are men in the world who derive an exaltation from the proximity of disaster and ruin, as other from success.