No one can insult you without your permission.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

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.

Nothing we learn in this world is ever wasted.

I carried it (a revolver) religiously and during the summer I asked a friend, a man who had been one of Franklin's bodyguards in New York State, to give me some practice in target shooting so that if the need arose I would know how to use the gun.

I wonder if one of the penalties of growing older is that you become more and more conscious that nothing is very permanent.

Everybody wants something.