I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

the sight of me is good for sore eyes

There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.

There can't be a quarrel without two parties, and I won't be one. I will be a friend to you in spite of you. So now you know what you've got to expect

It will be your duty, and it will be your pleasure too to estimate her (as you chose her) by the qualities that she has, and not by the qualities she may not have.

The streets looked small, of course. The streets that we have only seen as children always do I believe when we go back to them

We must meet reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us, my dear. We must learn to act the play out. We must live misfortune down, Trot!

...I hope that simple love and truth will be strong in the end. I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.

To have all those noble Romans alive before me, and walking in and out for my entertainment, instead of being the stern taskmasters they had been at school, was a most novel and delightful effect.

His was not a lazy trustfulness that hoped, and did no more.

All of us - who might have probed space, or cured cancer, or built industries - were, instead, black victims of the white man's American social system.

What great leaders have in common is that each truly knows his or her strengths - and can call on the right strength at the right time.

My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.

Nursing is great for so many reasons, but there is one reason that means more than any poll results, amount of money, or job security: Nurses make a difference.

A reality completely independent of the spirit that conceives it, sees it, or feels it, is an impossibility. A world so external as that, even if it existed, would be forever inaccessible to us.

A woman is a lot like a refrigerator. Six feet tall, 300 pounds...it makes ice.

When it comes to success, it will come when it comes. A delay does not mean a denial.

What can we do about God, who makes and then breaks every god-forsaken, beautiful day?

In an oppressive society if a group stands up to take care of the lambs, it automatically stands up against the wolves.