Compulsions Quotes

We needed to be assertive as women in those days

assertive and aggressive and the degree to

which we had to be that way depended on where you were.

I had to be.

Upon the subject of education,

not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it,

I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we,

as a people, can be engaged in.

The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.

In the Spring,

I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding.

If anything is worth doing,

do it with all your heart.

Acting deals with very delicate emotions.

It is not putting up a mask.

Each time an actor acts he does not hide;

he exposes himself.

An idea that is developed and put into action is

more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

I hold that while man exists,

it is his duty to improve not only his own condition,

but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

I have no special talent.

I am only passionately curious.

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.

This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts

and only asks to be loved.

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.

To live is the rarest thing in the world.

Most people exist,

that is all.

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows

Ralph Marston

The end of the human race

will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

Fall down seven times,

stand up eight.

When I started counting my blessings,

my whole life turned around.

I would never allow anyone to give me money,

no difference how badly I needed it,

I wanted literally to earn my living.

One person can change history.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize

how little we understand about life, ourselves,

and the world around us.