False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.
The mind is fast emancipating itself from the dominion of man and of matter. It has let loose fearful forces on the world.
We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.
A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.
Would Shakespeare and Raleigh have done their best, would that galaxy have shone so bright in the heavens had there been no Elizabeth on the throne?
One cannot blame an organization that picks up an occasional black sheep, one only takes exception if it retains an accumulation of them.
Ninety-five percent of women's experiences are about being a victim. Or about being an underdog, or having to survive. . . women didn't go to Vietnam and blow things up. They are not Rambo.
I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish.
I think everyone should pursue their dreams. Whether you want to play football, act, sing, become a writer or whatever you have burning inside you as you’re growing up, you should pursue it.