It's your life-but only if you make it so.

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.

If you must compromise, compromise up.

A number of people still think of the United States as being overwhelmingly English, Protestant, and white. This erroneous idea influences their whole outlook.

What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?

No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.

It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head.