Conversation didn't seem necessary when I put the accordion down and swung some young lady around the floor.

One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.

Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.

Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.

There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.

One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.

I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.

I knew nothing of the life of a real musician, of course, but somehow I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds of people, playing my accordion.

Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well.

Many times I wondered if I were truly carrying out God's plan for my life.

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.

The fates lead him who will

One thought driven home is better than three left on base.

Like snowflakes,' Franny said,'none of them the same and yet each one, from where we stand, exactly like the one before

Have love for your friend up to a limit for it is possible he may turn into your enemy some day; and hate your enemy up to a limit for it is possible he may turn into your friend some day.

And love … love was worth dying for. Worth living for, too.

I'd rather die in the will of God than to live outside of it.

Whenever I am with energetic young people, I feel like a recharged battery.

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.

You, of course, are a rose-- But were always a rose.

Life is good for only two things, discovering mathematics and teaching mathematics.