Nothing will turn a man's home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund.

We will not have failure - only success and new learning.

Were women to "unsex" themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surely perish without male protection.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

Just close your eyes—and think of England.

Beware of artists, they mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous.

I love peace and quiet, I hate politics and turmoil. We women are not made for governing, and if we are good women, we must dislike these masculine occupations.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

I positively think that ladies who are always enceinte quite disgusting; it is more like a rabbit or guinea-pig than anything else and really it is not very nice.

If the final chapter of your life story is written by love, you are guaranteed a happy ending.

Sound drums and trumpets! Farewell sour annoy! For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy.

No matter what you’re facing, embrace life in trust and contentment based on your faith in Jesus.

Just be yourself. Let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful, magical person that your are.

Africa, help me to go home, carry me like an aged child in your arms. Undress me and wash me. Strip me of all of these garments, strip me as a man strips off dreams when the dawn comes. . . .

The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set.

In a living society every day is a day of judgment; and its recognition as such is not the end of all things but the beginning ofa real civilization.

Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.

Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.

You forgive yourself for every failure because you are trying to do the right thing. God knows that and you know it. Nobody else may know it.