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

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.