How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. And idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?

Always do what you are afraid to do.

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.

Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

People die from typewriters falling on their heads.

I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.