Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes over night. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.

Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.

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

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

Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.

Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.

One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.