No one can insult you without your permission.

Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potentiality and a contribution of some kind to one's world.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.

If everything was in your favor, if you did not have to surmount any great mountains, then you have nothing to be proud of. But if you feel that you have special difficulties, then you must indeed be proud of your achievement.

The freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat.

Women are like tea bags.They do not know how strong they are until they get into hot water.

As life developed, I faced each problem as it came along. As my activities and work broadened and reached out, I never tried to shirk. I tried never to evade an issue. When I found I had something to do--I just did it.