We women are callow fledglings as compared with the wise old birds who manipulate the political machinery, and we still hesitate to believe that a woman can fill certain positions in public life as competently and adequately as a man. For instance, it is certain that women do not want a woman for President. Nor would they have the slightest confidence in her ability to fulfill the functions of that office. Every woman who fails in a public position confirms this, but every woman who succeeds creates confidence.

Every age is an unknown country.

The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.... In any case, the giving of love is an education in itself.

To appear to be on the inside and know more than others about what is going on is a great temptation for most people. It is a rare person who is willing to seem to know less than he does ... Somehow, people seem to feel that it is belittling to their importance not to know more than other people.

I have often thought that less is expected of the president of a great corporation than of an American wife.

Every woman in public life needs to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide.

Nobody else is going to do the things which are yours to be done in the world.