It is so easy to convince others; it is so difficult to convince oneself.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

We, as human beings, enjoy freedom of choice.Your attitude is your choice!

The biggest mystery of the people is "The People".

Love is the light and source of life, and happiness is the delight and essence of life.

Word spread because word will spread. Stories and secrets fight, stories win, shed new secrets, which new stories fight, and on.

I suppose I look acceptable, the black (haired) sheep among the Barrett blondes.

An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to judge of its future.

Beauty fades! I just turned 29, so I probably don't have that many good years left in me.

For one to control one's thoughts and feelings means one can actually control one's atmosphere and all who walk into its sphere of influence.

No issue is so small that it can't be blown out of proportion.

Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.