“Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.”

I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.

Every house needs a grandmother in it.

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.

The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.

The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.

Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can’t explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.

A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.

Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.

Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.

Growth is not a competition.

Hang in there darling. The rain is necessary for the flower to fully grow.

I never really wanted to base success on charts and chart positioning. For me, it’s really about the shows and seeing them grow.

Like the soil, mind is fertilized while it lies fallow, until a new burst of bloom ensues.

Who could have foretold the heart grows cold from touching others.

It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.

If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.

No matter how many things you gather in life, there is no container service in the end. Time to move from accumulation to true enhancement of life.