The dark today leads into light tomorrow. There is no endless joy, and yet no endless sorrow.

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

Divine the Powers that on this trio wait. Supreme their conquest, over Time and Fate. Love, Work, and Faith - these three alone are great.

So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.

To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.

A weed is but an unloved flower.

There is nothing we cannot live down, and rise above, and overcome.

With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.

The only weapon we have is our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don't turn

Deny your emotions and act like you have answers

There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end.

What beastly incidents our memories insist on cherishing, the ugly, and the disgusting; the beautiful things we have to keep diaries to remember.

Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.

I can't stand outside myself and be anybody else.

Straight girls like me. They flirt with me to get whatever they want. Of course it works.

Politics was my hobby, and I really spent 25 years as a full-time homemaker. I tell the feminists the only person's permission I had to get was my husband's.

Prepare far enough in advance, and just about anything is possible.

If I fail more than you do, I win.