You could weave silk from pig bristles before you could make a man anything but a man.

Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.

A shoat squealing under a fence just attracts the fox, when it should be trying to run.

Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.

You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.

I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.

We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.

I am a big, confident, happy woman who had a loving childhood, a pleasant career, and a wonderful marriage. I feel very lucky.

In spite of our high-tech world and efficient procedures, people remain the essential ingredient of life.

When something bad happens to me, I think I'm able to deal with it in a pretty good way. That makes me lucky. Some people fall apart at the first little thing that happens.

It's a misconception that Beauty is in the Eyes of beholder. In my view, Beauty must be in the Heart of beholder for her true appreciation.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

The art of ignoring is one of the accomplishments of every well-bred girl, so carefully instilled that at last she can even ignore her own thoughts and her own knowledge.

Life is too short to do anything that's not challenging.

Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.

That's the ultimate kind of broken. The kind of damage you never recover from.

Other top-level politicians do not express their global warming doubts because a whip of political correctness strangles their voice.