That scent she threw off was not anything by Chanel. Unless they’d recently added a Tragedy line.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.

Human experience is not nest and orderly, ready to be coded into predetermined categories. Real life is messy

A strong confident person can rule the room with knowledge, personal style, attitude and great posture.

The right to write is too sacred to be wrong with.

I have an intuition, and usually my intuition is right. I have a feeling for whether a role will be good or bad for me, and I almost never make a mistake.

You need to get up in the morning and say, 'Boy, I'm going to - in my own stupid way - save the world today.'

If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that advocated "change," we would all be the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants.

If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.

What's important to me now is to uphold my good name and achieve a fair court decision - the past cannot be recovered anyway.

I do have to say my daughter, Sunday, said to me [I was being] overprotective, so you must have been a fly on the wall.

When I was 10 years old, we'd pick out a cow and boom! They'd hit it in the head with a hammer, lift it up by the back legs, and skin it in front of us. Then I'd take the head home and make soup