There are directors who desire to be artistic. It is pathetic to compare the seriousness of their aim with the absurdity of their attainment.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

Patience is a natural consequence of the cultivation of compassion & love, for ourselves and all beings.

Newly-born books are like birds… they shouldn’t be kicked out of the nest until they’re capable of flying. Wendy Anne Darling 5-1-15

when you pass beyond the point of no return, you will come back a different person..عندما تتجاوز ماوراء نقطة اللاعودة سوف تعود شخصا مختلفا

We are just so thankful that Christ does not measure us by what we do. God is not measuring us by that, He is measuring us by our faith in Christ.

It's hard to be taken seriously if you're a young, female artist making pop music; you never know how people are going to react.

It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.

Make the most of what you have and enjoy being female; enjoy being YOU.

Our marriage has always been a 50-50 proposition - with the possible exception of closet space.

Rejection process is not fun. It's the red pen on the page, the discarded sketch, sometimes is the only way forward.

We must bring a message of solidarity, of mutual respect and, above all, of hope. Business cannot afford to be seen as the problem.