“In my life, I am often reminded that there is a destiny that rules over us, because no one whom I know about or whom I read about seems to be completely happy during a long time.”

When you hold your baby in your arms the first time, and you think of all the things you can say and do to influence him, it’s a tremendous responsibility.

It’s wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around.

It is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.

Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.

I will never forgive Joe for that awful operation he had performed on Rosemary. It is the only thing I have ever felt bitter toward him about.

I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.

I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.

My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.

I am not going to be licked by tragedy, as life is a challenge, and we must carry on and work for the living as well as mourn for the dead.

My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.

As motherhood is the greatest and most natural God-given gift for women for posterity, it would seem that the birth and rearing of children, in the way which to us seems most ideal, would be the most satisfying and the most rewarding career for a woman.

I’ve had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it.

To my mind, there was no one in the world like my father. Wherever he was, there was magic in the air.

I don’t think you’re much good, unless you’re doing good to someone.

It’s wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around.

What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?

I now know, by an almost fatalistic conformity with the facts, that my destiny is to travel.

I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be.

Be patient and understanding, as magic is gifted to those who do not rush their destiny.

Be patient because success is gifted to those who do not rush their destiny.

The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.

Greater dooms win greater destinies.

Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.

I have skills like a panther, and I am going to change my destiny with it.