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!

- Alice Hegan Rice

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…

- Alice Hegan Rice

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

- Alice Hegan Rice

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

- Alice Hegan Rice

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

- Alice Hegan Rice

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…

- Alice Hegan Rice

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

- Alice Hegan Rice

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

- Alice Hegan Rice

I can think of no habit, kept up through the years, that binds a married couple more than that of reading good books together. Domestic problems and …

- Alice Hegan Rice