“Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.”

It’s lovely to see people so happy.

The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.

It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.

Many argue; not many converse.

Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.

The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

Some stories are so familiar its like going home.

It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.

Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.

I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.

Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.

Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.

The beauty of America is people can do what they like.

Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.

People too often forget that we get to choose how something affects us.

I would rather be known and disliked than never truly known at all.

America is not a country, it’s a business.

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

What can my enemies do to me? My paradise is in my heart, it is with me wherever I go. To imprison me is to provide me with seclusion. To send me into exile is to send me away in the Path of Allah. And to kill me is to make me a martyr.

No more excuses. I can’t blame anything on my parents. I’m responsible for my mistakes and my choices.