Long ago, I made up my mind that when things were said involving only me, I would pay no attention to them, except when valid criticism was carried by which I could profit.
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
The future is literally in our hands to mold as we like. But we cannot wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow is now.
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.
Life is meant to be lived.
The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing.
All big things in human history have been arrived at slowly and through many compromises.
One thing is for sure-none of the arts flourishes on censorship and repression. And by this time it should be evident that the American public is capable of doing its own censoring.
You do the things that need to be done according to priority.
The choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
Some people are going to leave a mark on this world, while others will leave a stain.
Staying aloof is not a solution, it is a cowardly evasion.
Do not be afraid of mistakes, provided you do not make the same one twice.
The mobilization of world opinion and methods of negotiation should be developed and used by every nation in order to strengthen the United Nations.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be “damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.”