If human beings can be trained for cruelty and greed and a belief in power which comes through hate and fear and force, certainly we can train equally well for greatness and mercy and the power of love which comes because of the strength of the good qualities to be found in the soul of every human being.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing.

Nearly all great civilizations that perished did so because they had crystallized, because they were incapable of adapting themselves to new conditions, new methods, new points of view. It is as though people would rather die than change.

The things you refuse to meet today always come back at you later on, usually under circumstances which make the decision twice as difficult as it originally was.

Terrific minds focus on tips; average minds go over activities; little minds talk about people today.

Every woman wants to be first to someone sometime in her life and that desire is the explanation for many strange things women do.