I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? read more

I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.

The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones read more

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.

I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

There is a sort of veteran woman of condition, who, having lived always in the grand monde, and having possibly read more

There is a sort of veteran woman of condition, who, having lived always in the grand monde, and having possibly had some gallantries, together with the experience of five and twenty or thirty years, form a young fellow better than all the rules that can be given him. Wherever you go, make some of those women your friends; which a very little matter will do. Ask their advice, tell them your doubts or difficulties as to your behavior; but take great care not to drop one word of their experience; for experience implies age, and the suspicion of age, no woman, let her be ever so old, ever forgives.