All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then you low words will be charged with dynamite.

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

Roses, " she thought sardonically, "All trash, m’dear.

O, let the place of secret prayer become to me the most beloved spot on earth.

The more 'otter it is, the more 'otter otters likes it

Anyone who has gone through great suffering is bound to have a greater sympathy and understanding of the problems of mankind.

I'll write to you. A super-long letter, like in an old-fashioned novel

Affirmations are like seed planted in soil. Poor soil, poor growth. Rich soil, abundant growth. The more you choose to think thoughts that make you feel good, the quicker the affirmations work.

Some feelings are stronger than fear: love, longing, desire.

One of my favorite little sayings is, 'To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

It was easy for me to be ridiculed and for both men and women to perceive that maybe I'm a bit crazy because I'm educated in the West and I have lost some of my basic decency as an African woman.