Washington possessed the superb self-confidence that comes only to men whose inner life is faint, for the inner life is full of nameless doubts.

Vanity as an impulse has without doubt been of far more benefit to civilization than modesty has ever been.

In the queer mess of human destiny the determining factor is luck.

It's important to know what you think, my dear, or else you will be so hemmed in by other people's ideas and opinions, you won't have room for your own.

Seek God's power and presence continually.

Do you ever lose the ego?” Westford asks me.“Yeah.” When his daughter kisses me, my ego flies out the window.

You had to endure something yourself before it touched you.

I always wanted to be some kind of writer - I wrote plays and songs and "books" before I realized living and breathing people still wrote poems.

I've had great people come in my life, meaning not just men, but women, support me and empower me. So that has lifted me to be the woman I am.

American nation was not founded on political principles. This nation was founded on spiritual principles.

I'm thinking wanting to succeed is something in my DNA; I'm not like 'I've got to succeed,' I just don't think about that... I see a silver lining in everything and I see a lesson in everything.

Anybody's marriage might benefit from an occasional embargo on talk.

Is god omnipotent ? If he is, can he create a rock so heavy he can't lift it ?