Go, " she whispered. "Go. Show them you spell your name W-O-M-A-N.

I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.

My mother's gifts of courage to me were both large and small. The latter are woven so subtly into the fabric of my psyche that I can hardly distinguish where she stops and I begin.

She said, 'No, you learned that you have power - power and determination. I love you and I am proud of you. With those two things, you can go anywhere and everywhere.

They may have forgotten how badly they treated you, or they may pretend that they have forgotten. But watch: They will come back to you.

Trust your brain to suggest a solution, then have the courage to follow through.

I want you to write down your blessings.

See yourself through your mind’s eye being who you want to be, having what you want to have, and doing what you want to do.

Once you have made the sale...you can stop selling.

A true king is neither husband nor father he considers his throne and nothing else.

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations.

Leaving this life is just like going from one room to another and closing the door.

Think of your husband as a lover from a previous life, and wonder what you did to deserve him.

There is no record in human history of a happy philosopher: they exist only in romantic legend.

How easy it is, treachery. You just slide into it.

Beginning with brand rather than substance is dangerous.

If I cooperate with you, and you cooperate with me, I will keep cooperating with you.