The Church will pray to God for the dead. The survivor has honour and glory.
It is better to go down on the great seas which human hearts were made to sail than to rot at the wharves in ignoble anchorage.
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages; the question is what he will do with the things he has. The moment a young man ceases to dream or to bemoan his lack of opportunities and resolutely looks his conditions in the face, and resolves to change them, he lays the corner-stone of a solid and honorable success.
New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights.
Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.
The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best.
They say, "God told me", or "God replied to me". And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.
We have to change this idea that women are only supposed to work in the house. . . Women should go out and be what they want
The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.
I have to work extra hard because I am dyslexic. People said that I couldn't be an actress, but I'm proving them wrong. Acting has helped me overcome the challenge.