There is no doubt about it that it is more difficult for a woman to follow a career than for a man. Through the centuries his time has been considere….

Just as a pool of water cannot reflect the sky overhead when it is restless and disturbed, so we can never get a perfect vision of the Divine, and sh….

What can people not accomplish if they will but master the secret of steadfast perseverance..

Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them..

happiness is a duty, not only because of its effect upon us but because of its influence upon others..

Life is made up of desires that seem big and vital one minute, and little and absurd the next. I guess we get what's best for us in the end..

It is not what we have but what we do with what we have that constitutes the value of life..

Taking friendships for granted is one of the surest ways of ending them. Unless nourished, they tend to wither and die. Unless we earnestly desire it….

The fascinating thing about ideals is that no sooner have we gained a desired peak than we find farther and higher peaks beyond. The thrilling advent….

Somehow, I never feel like good things b'long to me till I pass 'em on to somebody else..

It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains..

we sometimes forget the influence of action upon thought. ... Smile, whistle, sing, play the part you want to be until you become the part you play..

All the higher forms of life have evolved from some one's ideal of justice, liberty or beauty; and the belief that nothing is too good to be true..

Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself..

The discovery that it is in our power to change our lives by the thoughts we think is the first step toward spiritual mastery..

there ain't no use in dyin' 'fore yer time. Lots of folks is walkin' 'round jes' as dead as they'll ever be..

In this noisy, restless, bewildering age, there is a great need for quietness of spirit. Even in our communion with God we are so busy presenting our….

Yer feelin's is like ras'berry vinegar: if you're skeered to use 'em an' keep on savin' 'em, first thing you know they've done 'vaporated!.

It'll be with me like it was with Uncle Ned's ole ox, I reckon; he kep' a-goin' an' a-goin' till he died a-standin' up, an' even then they had to pus….

Mrs. Wiggs was a philosopher, and the sum and substance of her philosophy lay in keeping the dust off her rose-colored spectacles..

Cheerfulness is a debt we owe to society, in the paying of which we receive a generous discount. We can not open our hearts to give out cheer without….