Courage is the most important of all the virtues, without it, you can practice no other.

The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough.

There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.

The music was my friend, my lover, my family.

Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.

The charitable say in effect, 'I seem to have more than I need and you seem to have less than you need. I would like to share my excess with you.' Fine, if my excess is tangible, money or goods, and fine if not, for I learned that to be charitable with gestures and words can bring enormous joy and repair injured feelings.