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Abigail Adams
Great
necessities call out great virtues. --Abigail Adams
(1744-1818, First Lady to John Adams 2nd President of the United
States)
Do not put
such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember
all men would be tyrants if they could.
--
Abigail Adams (1744-1818, First Lady to John Adams 2nd President
of the United States)
If particular
care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined
to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any
laws in which we have no voice or representation. --
Abigail Adams (1744-1818, First Lady to John Adams 2nd President
of the United States)
Louisa May
Alcott
Far away
there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not
reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in
them, and try to follow where they lead. -- Louisa
May Alcott (1855-1888 teacher, nurse in WWI, wrote Little
Women, publisher)
Make
each day useful and cheerful and prove that you know the worth
of time by employing it well. Then youth will be happy, old age
without regret and life a beautiful success. -
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888, American
Author )
Cathy Allen
Life brings
simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them
wonderful memories. - Cathy Allen
Kathleen
Andrus
I
am responsible for my own well being, my own happiness. The
choices and decisions I make regarding my life directly
influences the quality of my days. -
Kathleen Andrus
Maya Angelou
Growing
Older
When I was in my younger days, I weighed a few
pounds less,
I needn't hold my tummy in to wear a belted
dress.
But now that I am older, I've set my body free;
There's the comfort of elastic... Where once my waist would
be.
Inventor of those high-heeled shoes... My feet have not
forgiven;
I have to wear a nine now, But used to wear a
seven.
And how about those pantyhose
They're sized by
weight, you see, So how come when I put them on
The crotch
is at my knee?
I need to wear these glasses... As the
print's been getting smaller;
And it wasn't very long ago I
know that I was taller.
Though my hair has turned to gray
and my skin no longer fits,
On the inside, I'm the same old
me, It's the outside's changed a bit.
But, on a positive
note...
I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad
it seems today,
life does go on, and it will be better
tomorrow.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a
person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy
day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
I've
learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents,
you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.
I've
learned that making a "living" is not the same thing
as making a "life".
I've learned that life
sometimes gives you a second chance.
I've learned that you
shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands.
You need to be able to throw something back.
I've learned
that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually
make the right decision.
I've learned that even when I have
pains, I don't have to be one.
I've learned that every day
you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug,
or just a friendly pat on the back.
I've learned that I
still have a lot to learn.
I've learned that people will
forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but
people will never forget how you made them feel.
-
Maya Angelou (b.1928 poet, historian, author, actress,
playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director)
If you don't
like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your
attitude. And don't complain. - Maya Angelou (b1928
poet, historian, author, actress, playwright, civil-rights
activist, producer and director)
One isn't
necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.
Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with
consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or
honest. - Maya Angelou (b.1928 poet, historian,
author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and
director)
Susan B.
Anthony
Cautious,
careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation
or social standards never can bring about reform. Those who are
really in earnest are willing to be anything or nothing in the
world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and
out, avow their sympathies with despised ideas and their
advocates, and bear the consequences. - Susan B.
Anthony (1820-1906,teacher and suffragette women rights movement
in 1852 along side Elizabeth Cady Stanton and spoke against
slavery)
The day will
come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the
fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until
then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union
between the sexes that shall result in the highest development
of the race. - Susan B. Anthony - founding mother
of 19th century American Feminism
The older I
get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am
like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain. -
Susan B. Anthony - founding mother of 19th century American
Feminism
Lucille Ball
I think
knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what
you can. - Lucille Ball (1911-1989, American movie
and TV Actress and comidian)
Countess of
Blessington
Prejudices
are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart. - Countess
of Blessington (1789-1849).
Erma Bombeck
All of us
have moments in out lives that test our courage. Taking children
into a house with a white carpet is one of them. --
Erma Bombeck (1927-1996 author of many comedy books, columnist
and ABC news reporter)
Anybody who
watches three games of football in a row should be declared
brain dead. -- Erma Bombeck (1927-1996 author of
many comedy books, columnist and ABC news reporter)
Before you
try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they're not trying to
keep up with you. -- Erma Bombeck (1927-1996 author
of many comedy books, columnist and ABC news reporter)
Car designers
are just going to have to come up with an automobile that
outlasts the payments. -- Erma Bombeck (1927-1996
author of many comedy books, columnist and ABC news reporter)
Children make
your life important. -- Erma Bombeck (1927-1996
author of many comedy books, columnist and ABC news reporter)
Did you ever
notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never
belongs to anyone? -- Erma Bombeck (1927-1996
author of many comedy books, columnist and ABC news reporter)
Don't confuse
fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other. --
Erma Bombeck (1927-1996 author of many comedy books, columnist
and ABC news reporter)
The Grass is
always green over the septic tank. - Erma Bombeck
(1927-1996 author of many comedy books, columnist and ABC news
reporter)
Guilt: the
gift that keeps on giving. -- Erma Bombeck
(1927-1996 author of many comedy books, columnist and ABC news
reporter)
Housework, if
you do it right, will kill you. -- Erma Bombeck
(1927-1996 author of many comedy books, columnist and ABC news
reporter)
Humorists can
never start to take themselves seriously. It's literary suicide.
-- Erma Bombeck (1927-1996 author of many comedy
books, columnist and ABC news reporter)
I was too old
for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired
for an affair. -- Erma Bombeck (1927-1996 author of
many comedy books, columnist and ABC news reporter)
If a man
watches three football games in a row, he should be declared
legally dead. - Erma Bombeck (1927-1996 author of
many comedy books, columnist and ABC news reporter)
If you begin
to look like your passport photo, it's time to go home. - Erma
Bombeck (1927-1996 author of many comedy books, columnist and
ABC news reporter)
In general my
children refuse to eat anything that hasn't danced on
television. - Erma Bombeck (1927-1996 author of
many comedy books, columnist and ABC news reporter)
It goes
without saying that you should never have more children than you
have car windows. - Erma Bombeck (1927-1996 author
of many comedy books, columnist and ABC news reporter)
It is not
until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to
compassion and understanding. - Erma Bombeck
(1927-1996 author of many comedy books, columnist and ABC news
reporter)
When I stand
before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not
have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used
everything you gave me." --- Erma Bombeck
(1927-1996 author of many comedy books, columnist and ABC news
reporter)
Carol Burnett
I have always
grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that
didn't work out. That's when I've really learned. -
Carol Burnett (b.1933 American television comedian, stage and
movie actress, singer, dancer, author)
Only I can
change my life. No one can do it for me. - Carol
Burnett (b.1933 American television comedian, stage and movie
actress, singer, dancer, author)
When you have
a dream you've got to grab it and never let go. -
Carol Burnett (b.1933 American television comedian, stage and
movie actress, singer, dancer, author)
Words, once
they are printed, have a life of their own. - Carol
Burnett (b.1933 American television comedian, stage and movie
actress, singer, dancer, author)
Barbara Bush
At the end of
your life, you will never regret not having passed one more
test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more
deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a
child or a parent. - Barbara Bush (b.1925, American
First Lady, Wife of the 42nd President George H.W. Bush and
Mother of the 44th President George W. Bush)
Cherish your
human connections: your relationships with friends and family. -
Barbara Bush (b.1925, American First Lady, wife of
George H. Bush)
I married the
first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they
just about throw up. - Barbara Bush (b.1925,
American First Lady to George H.W. Bush 41st and mother of 43rd
President George W. Bush)
May your
future be worthy of your dreams. - Barbara Bush
(b.1925, American First Lady, wife of George H. Bush)
Somewhere out
in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in
my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the
President's spouse. I wish him well! - Barbara Bush
(b.1925, American First Lady --remarks at Wellesley College
Commencement, June 1, 1990)
To us, family
means putting your arms around each other and being there. -
Barbara Bush (b.1925, American First Lady, wife of
George H. Bush)
You don't
just luck into things. You build them step-by-step, whether it's
friendships or opportunities. - Barbara Bush (First
Lady, Wife of the 42st President George H. Bush)
Mariah
Carey
You
really have to look inside and find your inner strength, and
say, "I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just
going to be myself. “ - Mariah
Carey (b1969 American Singer)
Rosalynn
Carter
Do
what you can to show you care about other people, and you will
make our world a better place. -- Rosalynn
Carter (b.1927 American First Lady, Wife of President Jimmy
Carter, co-founder of the Carter Foundation and spokes person
for Habitat for Humanity)
A
leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes
people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
- Rosalynn Carter (b.1927 American First Lady, Wife
of President Jimmy Carter, co-founder of the Carter Foundation
and spokes person for Habitat for Humanity)
If
you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't
accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and
then be tough enough to follow through. - Rosalynn
Carter (b.1927 American First Lady, Wife of President Jimmy
Carter, co-founder of the Carter Foundation and spokes person
for Habitat for Humanity)
If
we have not achieved our early dreams, we must either find new
ones or see what we can salvage from the old. If we have
accomplished what we set out to do in our youth, we need not
weep like Alexander the Great that we have no more worlds to
conquer. Get up and start helping others. Make a difference in
someone else's life. - Rosalynn Carter (b.1927
American First Lady, Wife of President Jimmy Carter, co-founder
of the Carter Foundation and spokes person for Habitat for
Humanity)
Informed
journalists can have a significant impact on public
understanding of mental health issues, as they shape debate and
trends with the words and pictures they convey, ... They
influence their peers and stimulate discussion among the general
public, and an informed public can reduce stigma and
discrimination. - Rosalynn Carter (b.1927 American
First Lady, Wife of President Jimmy Carter, co-founder of the
Carter Foundation and spokes person for Habitat for Humanity)
There
is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home. -
Rosalynn Carter (b.1927 American First Lady, Wife
of President Jimmy Carter, co-founder of the Carter Foundation
and spokes person for Habitat for Humanity)
Marie
Curie
Be
less curious about people and more curious about ideas. - Marie
Curie (1867-1934 Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) Davy Medal (1903)
Matteucci Medal (1904) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911) known for
her radioactivity)
Humanity
needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and,
without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own
interests. But humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the
disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating
that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to
their own material profit. Without doubt, these dreamers do not
deserve wealth, because they do not desire it. Even so, a
well-organized society should assure to such workers the
efficient means of accomplishing their task, in a life freed
from material care and freely consecrated to research.
-
Marie Curie (1867-1934 Nobel Prize in Physics
(1903) Davy Medal (1903) Matteucci Medal (1904) Nobel Prize in
Chemistry (1911) known for her radioactivity)
I
am among those who think that science has great beauty. A
scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also
a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a
fairy tale.
-
Marie Curie (1867-1934 Nobel Prize in Physics
(1903) Davy Medal (1903) Matteucci Medal (1904) Nobel Prize in
Chemistry (1911) known for her radioactivity)
I
have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I
could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it
has not been easy. - Marie Curie (1867-1934 Nobel
Prize in Physics (1903) Davy Medal (1903) Matteucci Medal (1904)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911) known for her radioactivity)
I
never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be
done. - Marie Curie (1867-1934 Nobel Prize in
Physics (1903) Davy Medal (1903) Matteucci Medal (1904) Nobel
Prize in Chemistry (1911) known for her radioactivity)
I
was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.
- Marie Curie (1867-1934 Nobel Prize in Physics
(1903) Davy Medal (1903) Matteucci Medal (1904) Nobel Prize in
Chemistry (1911) known for her radioactivity)
Nothing
in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the
time to understand more, so that we may fear less. - Marie
Curie (1867-1934 Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) Davy Medal (1903)
Matteucci Medal (1904) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911) known for
her radioactivity)
You
cannot hope to build a better world without improving the
individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own
improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility
for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom
we think we can be most useful. - Marie Curie
(1867-1934 Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) Davy Medal (1903)
Matteucci Medal (1904) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911) known for
her radioactivity)
Agnes DeMille
Dance in the body you have. - Agnes DeMille
(1905-1993 dancer, choreographer)
Emily
Dickinson
If
I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. -
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886, American Poet)
Patty Duke
I know that
without treatment I would not have never been able to harness my
creativity in such a successful way. - Patty Duke
(b.1946 American actress on TV and movies "The Miracle
Worker". activist for mental wellness)
I never did
quite fit the glamor mode. It is life with my husband and family
that is my high now.
- Patty Duke (b.1946
American actress on TV and movies "The Miracle Worker".
activist for mental wellness)
If I have any
message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a
resistant patient.
- Patty Duke (b.1946
American actress on TV and movies "The Miracle Worker".
activist for mental wellness)
It is up to
people like me who have access to the media and the support of
most of the community I live in to spread the word. It thrills
me to talk to someone and see in their eyes that a connection
has been made, to see that communion of spirit. - Patty
Duke (b.1946 American actress on TV and movies "The Miracle
Worker". activist for mental wellness)
No matter
what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there
has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good
timing. - Patty Duke (b.1946 American actress on TV
and movies "The Miracle Worker". activist for mental
wellness)
One of my
jobs that I think is almost God-given is my ability to
communicate, and I must use that to reach out to people who are
in a position that they think is hopeless . - Patty
Duke (b.1946 American actress on TV and movies "The Miracle
Worker". activist for mental wellness)
Rosalynn
Carter
Do what you
can to show you care about other people, and you will make our
world a better place. - Rosalynn Carter (b.1927,
American First Lady, Wife of President Jimmy Carter)
If you doubt
you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You
have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough
enough to follow through. - Rosalynn Carter
(b.1927, American First Lady, Wife of President Jimmy Carter)
A leader
takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people
where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be. -
Rosalynn Carter (b.1927, American First Lady, Wife
of President Jimmy Carter)
Myrlie Evers
When you ha,
the only one that suffers is you because most of the people you
hate don't know it and the rest don't care. - Myrlie
Evers the widow of Medgar Evers(1925-1963 Civil Rights activist)
Jane Fonda
You can do
one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find
easy, or learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to
do. - Jane Fonda (actress, activist)
Anne Frank
How wonderful
it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to
improve the world. - Anne Frank(1929-1945 As she
and 7 others hid from the Nazis, Anne wrote a diary on her
experience.)
I keep my
ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that
people are really good at heart. - Anne Frank
(1929-1945 As she and 7 others hid from the Nazis, Anne wrote a
diary on her experience.
Oh, if only
... the whole world would realize that people were really kindly
disposed toward one another, that they are all equal and
everything else is just transitory! How lovely to think that no
one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing
the world...Give of yourself ... even if it is only kindness!
...give again and again, don't lose courage... - Anne
Frank (1929-1945 As she and 7 others hid from the Nazis, Anne
wrote a diary on her experience.)
Parents can
only give good advice or put them [children] on the right paths,
but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own
hands. - Anne Frank [1929-1945 As she and 7 others
hid from the Nazis, Anne wrote a diary on her experience.-- Anne
Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (1952) entry for July 15,
1944]
Think of all
the beauty still left around you and be happy. - Anne
Frank (1929-1945 As she and 7 others hid from the Nazis, Anne
wrote a diary on her experience.)
Bonnie
Friedman
An unhurried
sense of time is in itself a form of wealth. - Bonnie
Friedman (Authur, Columnist New York Times)
Ellen Goodman
I have never
been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced
that they are about to change the world, I am more awed by those
who struggle to make one small difference after another. Dr.
King took little steps, won little wars and asked all of us to
do the same. - Ellen Goodman (American Journalist
et al)
Whoopi
Goldberg
I fear waking
up one morning and finding out it was all for nothing. We're
here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw
little torches out to lead people through the darkness. -
Whoopi Goldberg (b.1955, stand up comedienne, TV and Movie star)
Well when I
was nine years old Star Trek came on. I looked at it and I went
screaming through the house, "Come here, mum, everybody,
come quick, come quick, there's a black lady on television and
she ain't no maid!" I knew right then and there I could be
anything I wanted to be.... - Whoopi Goldberg
(b.1955, stand up comedienne, TV and Movie star)
What I am is
a humanist before anything - before I'm a Jew, before I'm black,
before I'm a woman. But somehow you are supposed to be credits
to our race. The mere fact that I am still around makes me a
credit to my race, which is the human race. And my beliefs are
for the human race -- they don't exclude anyone. - Whoopi
Goldberg (b.1955, stand up comedienne, TV and Movie star)
Martha Graham
You are
unique, and if that is not fulfilled then something has been
lost. - Martha Graham (1894-1991, American dancer,
teacher, and choreographer)
Colleen
Hitchock
And if I go,
while you're still here know that I still live on.
And when
you need me, just whisper my name in your heart. - Colleen
Hitchock
Katharine
Hepburn
Genius is an
infinite capacity for taking life by the scruff of the neck. -
Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003, Award Winning
American actress, writer)
If you always
do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. -
Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003, Award Winning American actress,
writer)
If you obey
all the rules you miss all the fun. - Katharine
Hepburn (1907-2003, Award Winning American
actress, writer)
Only the
really plain people know about love -- the very fascinating ones
try so hard to create an impression that they very soon exhaust
their talents. - Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003,
Award Winning American actress, writer)
Vitality!
That's the pursuit of life, isn't it? - Katharine
Hepburn (1907-2003, American actress, writer)
We are taught
you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the
school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your
fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to
change you're the one who has got to change. -
Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003, Award Winning
American actress, writer)
Helen
Hunt
People
say you have to be what you want your children to be. . . It
makes you work on yourself, because it's instant Karma! What
ever you say to them can come right back at you! - Helen
Hunt (Red Book Interview by Margot Daugherty)
Life
has a way of growing you up! - Helen Hunt (b.1963
American Emmy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award-winning actress
in As Good As It Gets, TV sitcom Mad About You
Ann
Landers
Class
is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky.
Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It
is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness
that comes with having proved you can meet life. - Ann
Landers (1918-2002 American Advice Columnist for 45 years)
Don't
accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are
wonderful. Dogs are very tolerant. - Ann Landers
(1918-2002 American Advice Columnist for 45 years)
Expect
trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself,
the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass. - Ann
Landers (1918-2002 American Advice Columnist for 45 years)
If
you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many
things that are missing. If you don't have love in your life, no
matter what else there is, it's not enough. - Ann
Landers (1918-2002 American Advice Columnist for 45 years)
Keep
in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats
a person who can do him absolutely no good. - Ann
Landers (1918-2002 American Advice Columnist for 45 years)
Maturity:
Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to
bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry
money without spending it. Do your duty without being
supervised. - Ann Landers (1918-2002 American
Advice Columnist for 45 years)
Nobody
gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your
future lies.- Ann Landers (1918-2002 American
Advice Columnist for 45 years)
One
out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think
of your three closes friends; if they seem OK, then you're the
one. - Ann Landers (1918-2002 American Advice
Columnist for 45 years)
Too
many people today know the price of everything and the value of
nothing. - Ann Landers (1918-2002 American Advice
Columnist for 45 years)
You
need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat. - Ann
Landers (1918-2002 American Advice Columnist for 45 years)
Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
By
and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do
not have regular time off. They are the great vacation-less
class. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001
writer, scientist , first woman glider pilot, metal winning
private pilot wife of Charles Lindbergh
Don't
wish me happiness-I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond
that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of
humor-I will need them all. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
(1906-2001 writer, scientist , first woman glider pilot, metal
winning private pilot wife of Charles Lindbergh
For happiness
one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from
the cliffs of despair. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
(1906-2001 writer, scientist , first woman glider pilot, metal
winning private pilot wife of Charles Lindbergh
Grief can't
be shared. Everyone carries it alone. His own burden in his own
way. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001 writer,
scientist , first woman glider pilot, metal winning private
pilot wife of Charles Lindbergh
I do not
believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught,
all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To
suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love,
openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. -
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001 writer, scientist , first woman
glider pilot, metal winning private pilot wife of Charles
Lindbergh
If you
surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more
richly those moments. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
(1906-2001 writer, scientist , first woman glider pilot, metal
winning private pilot wife of Charles Lindbergh
To give
without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its
own. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001 writer,
scientist , first woman glider pilot, metal winning private
pilot wife of Charles Lindbergh
Angelina Jolie
Who
are we if we are not useful to others. -Angelina
Jolie (b.1975 American actress, Goodwill Ambassador for UN
refugee affairs)
If
you don't get out of the box you were raised in you won't
understand how much bigger the world is. - Angelina Jolie
(b.1975 American actress, Goodwill Ambassador for UN refugee
affairs)
Erica Jong
Courage is
the only magic worth having. - Erica Jong (poet,
novelist, lecturer)
Barbara Jordan
American's
mission was and still is to take diversity and mold it into a
cohesive and coherent whole that would espouse virtues and
values essential to the maintenance of civil order. There is
nothing easy about that mission. But it is not mission
impossible. Outstanding HISD Alumna Award Recipient, October,
1993 -- Annual Meeting of the Council of the Great City Schools
- Barbara Jordan (1936-1996 professor at
University of Texas, House Representatives D-Texas)
How do we
create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The
key is tolerance -- the one value that is indispensable in
creating community. One thing is clear to me: We, as human
beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from
ourselves. -Barbara Jordan (1936-1996 professor at
University of Texas, House Rep. For Texas) Article entitle "All
together Now" from Sesame Street Parents, .
July/August, 1994
I have faith
in young people because I know the strongest emotions which
prevail are those of love and caring and belief and tolerance.
Article in "On Campus", February 14, 1994 -
Barbara Jordan (1936-1996 professor at University of Texas,
House Representatives. Dem.-Texas)
What the
people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its
promise. -Barbara Jordan (1936-1996 professor at
University of Texas, House Representative Democrat-Texas)
Helen Keller
Believe.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed
to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human
spirit. --Helen Keller (1880-1968, American
blind/deaf author, lecturer, speaker, teacher )
Believe,
when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do
in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is
not in vain. -- Helen Keller (1880-1968, American
blind/deaf author, lecturer, speaker, teacher )
The best and
most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even
touched. They must be felt with the heart. - Helen
Keller
Character
cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience
of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision
cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -- Helen
Keller (1880-1968 Deaf and Blind, author, speaker, teacher)
I do not want
the peace which passeth understanding. I want the understanding
which bringeth peace. -- Helen Keller (1880-1968
Deaf and Blind, author, speaker, teacher)
I long to
accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to
accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. -
Helen Keller (1880-1968, American Blind/Deaf Author, Lecturer,
teacher)
It
gives me a deep, comforting sense that things seen are temporal
and things unseen are eternal. - Helen Keller
(1880-1968, American Blind/Deaf Author, Lecturer, teacher)
It
is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for
powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire
forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward
our distant goal. - Helen Keller (1880-1968,
American Blind/Deaf Author, Lecturer, Teacher)
It
is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil.
If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their
fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
--Helen Keller (1880-1968, American Blind/Deaf
Author, Lecturer, teacher)
Keep your
face in the sunshine and you will not see the shadows. - Helen
Keller (1880-1968 Deaf and Blind, author, speaker, teacher)
Many persons
have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not
attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a
worthy purpose. - Helen Keller (1880-1968 Deaf and
Blind, author, speaker, teacher)
One
can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. -
Helen Keller (1880-1968 Deaf and Blind, author, speaker,
teacher)
Optimism is
the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without
hope and confidence. - Helen Keller (1880-1968 Deaf
and Blind, author, speaker, teacher)
There is not
better way to thank God for you sight than by giving a helping
hand to someone in the dark. - Helen Keller
(1880-1968 Deaf and Blind, author, speaker, teacher)
Science
may have found a cure for most evils' but it has found no remedy
for the worst of them all, the human beings. -
Helen Keller (1880-1968 Deaf and Blind, author, speaker,
teacher)
We
can do anything we want if we stick to it long enough. - Helen
Keller (1880-1968 Deaf and Blind, author, speaker, teacher)
What
we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply
becomes a part of us. - Helen Keller (1880-1968
Deaf and Blind, author, speaker, teacher)
Your success
and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy
and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. -
Helen Keller (1880-1968 American blind/deaf author,
lecturer, teacher)
Rose Kennedy
I looked on
child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a
profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any
honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best
that I could bring to it. - Rose Kennedy (1890-1995
mother of nine, one being the 35th President JFK and two U.S.
Senators)
Life isn't a
matter of milestones, but of moments. - Rose
Kennedy (1890-1995 mother of nine, one being the 35th President
JFK and two U.S. Senators)
I tell myself
that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty,
intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire
respect... There was only one gift he held back - length of
life. - Rose Kennedy (1890-1995 mother of nine, one
being the 35th President JFK and two U.S. Senators)
I'm like old
wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well
preserved. --Rose Kennedy (1890-1995 mother of
nine, one being the 35th President JFK and two U.S. Senators)
If you can
keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs,
its just possible you haven't grasped the situation. - Rose
Kennedy (1890-1995 mother of nine, one being the 35th President
JFK and two U.S. Senators)
Life isn't a
matter of milestones, but of moments. --Rose
Kennedy (1890-1995 mother of nine, one being the 35th President
JFK and two U.S. Senators)
Make sure you
never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep,
and you can't settle anything until morning anyway. --Rose
Kennedy (1890-1995 mother of nine, one being the 35th President
JFK and two U.S. Senators)
Coretta Scott
King
Hate is too
great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it
injures the hated. -Coretta Scott King (civil
rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.)
I believe all
Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights
have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on
sexual orientation. -Coretta Scott King (civil
rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.)
I'm fulfilled
in what I do. . . I never thought that a lot of money or fine
clothes -- the finer things of life -- would make you happy. My
concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.
-Coretta Scott King (civil rights activist and wife
of Martin Luther King, Jr.)
If American
women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I
think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs
benefiting women and children. -Coretta Scott King
(civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.)
The more
visible signs of protest are gone, but I think there is a
realization that the tactics of the late sixties are not
sufficient to meet the challenges of the seventies. -Coretta
Scott King (civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther
King, Jr.)
Segregation
was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it
is still wrong when it is requested by black people. -
Coretta Scott King (civil rights activist and wife of Martin
Luther King, Jr.)
Ann Landers
Class is an
aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class
has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is
self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness
that comes with having proved you can meet life. - Ann
Landers (1918-2002 American advice columnist)
Martina
McBride
In my
daughter's eyes ... I am a hero
I am strong and wise and I
know no fear
But the truth is plain to see ... She was sent
to rescue me
I see who I wanna be ... In my daughter's eyes
-
Martina McBride (lyrics)
Margaret Mead
Never doubt
that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change
the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. -
Margaret Mead (1901-1978 anthropologist)
If we are to
achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must
recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave
a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse gift
will find a fitting place.
- Margaret Mead
(1901-1978, American anthropologist)
We won't have
a society if we destroy the environment. - Margaret
Mead (1901-1978, American anthropologist)
Golda Meir
Those who do
not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to
laugh either. - Golda Meir (1898-1978, Prime
Minister of Israel from 1969-74)
Sandra Day
O'Connor
The
courts of this country should not be the places where resolution
of disputes begins. They should be the places where the disputes
end after alternative methods of resolving disputes have been
considered and tried. - Sandra Day O'Connor (b.1930
lawyer, 1st Woman Supreme Court Justice)
Do
the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may
seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the
person at the bottom. -- Sandra Day O'Connor (b.1930
lawyer, Supreme Court Justice)
Despite the
encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which
have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and
to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and
imbalances. -- Sandra Day O'Connor (b.1930 lawyer,
Supreme Court Justice)
Each of us
brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience
and our values. -- Sandra Day O'Connor (b.1930
lawyer, Supreme Court Justice)
The family
unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of
the generation to come. -Sandra Day O'Connor
(b.1930 lawyer, 1st Woman Supreme
Court Justice)
Having
family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more
understanding person. -- Sandra Day O'Connor (b.1930
lawyer, 1st Woman Supreme Court Justice)
It
matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours
that we have three branches of government, each with some
independence and some control over the other two. That's set out
in the Constitution. -- Sandra Day O'Connor (b.1930
lawyer, 1st Woman Supreme Court Justice)
The
more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and
women's earnings for the same work. - Sandra Day O'Connor
(b.1930 lawyer, 1st Woman Supreme Court Justice)
My
hope is that 10 years from now, after I've been across the
street at work for a while, they'll all be glad they gave me
that wonderful vote. -- Sandra Day O'Connor (b.1930
lawyer, 1st Woman Supreme Court Justice)
My
sense is that jurists from other nations around the world
understand that our court occupies a very special place in the
American system, and that the court is rather well regarded in
comparison, perhaps, to their own. -- Sandra Day O'Connor
(b.1930 lawyer, Supreme Court Justice)
The power I
exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on
my gender. - Sandra Day O'Connor (b.1930 lawyer,
1st Woman Supreme Court Justice)
Society as a
whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons,
regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn
respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on
ability. -- Sandra Day O'Connor (b.1930 lawyer, 1st
Woman Supreme Court Justice)
We don't
accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens
is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the
weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates
something. -- Sandra Day O'Connor (b.1930 lawyer,
1st Woman Supreme Court Justice)
We pay a
price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values,
principles, and education they need to make them good citizens.
--Sandra Day O'Connor (b.1930 lawyer, 1st
Woman Supreme Court Justice)
When I was
nominated in 1981, and took the position, it was incredible to
see doors opening for women around the world on courts and for
other positions, too. And law schools became more open. More
young women started attending law school. It's now half and
half, at least, if not more. -- Sandra Day O'Connor
(b.1930 lawyer, 1st Woman Supreme Court Justice)
Young women
today often have very little appreciation for the real battles
that took place to get women where they are today in this
country. I don't know how much history young women today know
about those battles. -- Sandra Day O'Connor (b.1930
lawyer, 1st Woman Supreme Court Justice)
Dolly Parton
A coat of
many colors - Dolly Parton (b.1946 Grammy-winning
and Academy Award-nominated, American country singer,
songwriter, composer, musician, author, actress, business woman,
and philanthropist.)
I still close
my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that. -
Dolly Parton (b.1946 Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated,
American country singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author,
actress, business woman, and philanthropist.)
I wanted to
be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the
fire department four days to put it out. - Dolly
Parton (b.1946 Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated,
American country singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author,
actress, business woman, and philanthropist.)
I'm not going
to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I
can do something else. - Dolly Parton (b.1946
Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated, American country
singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author, actress,
business woman, and philanthropist.)
I'm not
offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not
dumb... and I also know that I'm not really blond. -
Dolly Parton (b.1946 Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated,
American country singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author,
actress, business woman, and philanthropist.)
I'm old
enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me
what to do, I'd tell them where to put it. - Dolly
Parton (b.1946 Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated,
American country singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author,
actress, business woman, and philanthropist.)
If you don't
like the road you're walking, start paving another one. -
Dolly Parton (b.1946 Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated,
American country singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author,
actress, business woman, and philanthropist.)
If you talk
bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my
momma. Them's fightin' words. - Dolly Parton
(b.1946 Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated, American
country singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author, actress,
business woman, and philanthropist.)
Leave
something good in every day. - Dolly Parton (b.1946
Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated, American country
singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author, actress,
business woman, and philanthropist.)
My weaknesses
have always been food and men - in that order. -
Dolly Parton (b.1946 Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated,
American country singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author,
actress, business woman, and philanthropist.)
Storms make
trees take deeper roots. - Dolly Parton (b.1946
Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated, American country
singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author, actress,
business woman, and philanthropist.)
The way I see
it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. -
Dolly Parton (b.1946 Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated,
American country singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author,
actress, business woman, and philanthropist.)
When I'm
inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll
come up with next. - Dolly Parton (b.1946
Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated, American country
singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author, actress,
business woman, and philanthropist.)
You'd be
surprised how much it costs to look this cheap! -
Dolly Parton (b.1946 Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated,
American country singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author,
actress, business woman, and philanthropist.)
You'll never
do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try. -
Dolly Parton (b.1946 Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated,
American country singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author,
actress, business woman, and philanthropist.)
Mary Pickford
If
you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always
another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling
down but the staying down. - Mary Pickford
(1893-1979, Canadian-born American Actress)
Beatrix Potter
All outward
forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of
endless strife. . . . Believe there is a great power silently
working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the
rest. [Journals 1881-1897]
-- Beatrix Potter (1866-1943 author of children's
books "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", illustrator,
painter, zoologist, and botanist)
Most people,
after one success, are so crindgingly afraid of doing less well
that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work. - Beatrix
Potter (1866-1943 author of children's books "The Tale of
Peter Rabbit", illustrator, painter, zoologist, and
botanist)
Eleanor Powell
What we are
is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. -
Eleanor Powell
Victoria
Principal
Every crisis
is an opportunity. Let us confront the crisis of worldwide
apathy, despair and violence by taking the opportunity to join
hands across this great earth on January 1, 2000 and rise
together like the Phoenix from the ashes to create an active, a
hopeful, a kinder civilization. - Victoria
Principal (American Actress-"Dallas" and
Info-mertials)
Eleanor
Roosevelt
The future
belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. -
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962 First Lady from
1933-1945 to Franklin D.)
Great minds
discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss
people. -- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962 First Lady
from 1933-1945 to Franklin D.)
He who loses
money, loses much; he who loses a friend, loses much more;
He
who loses faith, loses all. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
(1884-1962, American First Lady, columnist, lecturer,
humanitarian
In the long
run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process
never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately
our responsibility. - Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962
First Lady from 1933-1945 to FDR columnist,
lecturer, humanitarian)
It is not
fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself. -
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962 First Lady from
1933-1945 to FDR columnist, lecturer, humanitarian)
It isn't
enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't
enough to believe in it. One must work at it. - Eleanor
Roosevelt (1884-1962 First Lady from 1933-1945 to FDR columnist,
lecturer, humanitarian)
Learn from
the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them
all yourself. - Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962 First
Lady from 1933-1945 to FDR.columnist, lecturer,
humanitarian)
Many people
will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will
leave footprints in your heart. -Eleanor Roosevelt
No one can
make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor
Roosevelt-from her autobiography (1884-1962 First Lady from
1933-1945 to FDR columnist, lecturer, humanitarian)
No matter how
plain a woman may be if truth & loyalty are stamped upon her
face all will be attracted to her. - Eleanor
Roosevelt (1884-1962 First Lady from 1933-1945 to FDR columnist,
lecturer, humanitarian)
One's
philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in
the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and
we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And,
the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. -
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962, American First Lady,
columnist, lecturer, humanitarian)
The purpose
of life is to live it, to taste and esperiance to the utmost, to
reach out eagerly and without fear for that newer, nicer
experience. - Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962 First
Lady from 1933-1945 to FDR columnist, lecturer,
humanitarian)
To handle
yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart -
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962, American First Lady,
columnist, lecturer, humanitarian
When you
cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. - Eleanor
Roosevelt (1884-1962 First Lady from 1933-1945 to FDR,
columnist, lecturer, humanitarian)
A woman is
like a teabag, you don't know how strong she is until she is in
hot water. - Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962, American
First Lady, columnist, lecturer, humanitarian
You gain
strength, courage, and confidence by every experience by which
you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to
yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next
thing that comes along. - Eleanor Roosevelt
(1884-1962 First Lady from 1933-1945 to FDR, columnist,
lecturer, humanitarian)
Wilma Rudolph
It doesn't
matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of
discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me
beyond the inner-city streets. -- Wilma Rudolph
(1940-1994, Olympic Gold metal winning American track athlete )
Rosalind
Russell
Acting is
standing up naked and turning around very slowly. -- Rosalind
Russell (1908-1976 American stage and movie actress "Auntie
Mame" and "Sister Kenny")
Flops are a
part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on
any of the courses. -- Rosalind Russell (1908-1976
American stage and movie actress "Auntie Mame" and
"Sister Kenny")
Life is a
banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death. --
Rosalind Russell (1908-1976 American stage and
movie actress this line is from "Auntie Mame" )
A man is
insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted
adversity. --Rosalind Russell (1908-1976 American
stage and movie actress "Auntie Mame" and "Sister
Kenny")
Taking joy in
living is a woman's best cosmetic. -Rosalind
Russell (1908-1976 American stage and movie actress "Auntie
Mame" and "Sister Kenny")
Barbra
Streisand
How I wish we
lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us
from discrimination. - Barbra Streisand (b.1942
singer, actress on TV, movies and stage, movie director)
Why does a
woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain
that he's not the man she married? - Barbra
Streisand (b.1942 singer, actress on TV, movies and stage, movie
director)
Why is it men
are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are
only permitted to be obsessed about men? - Barbra
Streisand (b.1942 singer, actress on TV, movies and stage, movie
director)
Margaret
Thatcher
Being
powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you
are, you aren't.
- Margaret Thatcher (b.1925,
prime minister of England (1979-1990)
Being
powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you
are, you aren't.
- Margaret Thatcher (b.1925,
prime Minister of England (1979-1990)
Mother Teresa
Do not wait
for leaders; do it alone, person to person. - Mother
Teresa (1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman Catholic missionary)
Even the rich
are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for
having someone to call their own. - Mother Teresa
(1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman Catholic missionary, won
the Nobel Peace Prize.)
God
doesn't look at how much we do, but with how
much love we do
it. -- Mother Teresa (1910-1997 Roman
Catholic missionary working in Calcutta, India and won
the Nobel Peace Prize.
God
is the friend of silence. Trees, flowers, grass grow insilence.
See the stars, moon, and sun how they move in silence. -
Mother Teresa (1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman
Catholic Missionary, won
the Nobel Peace Prize.)
If you can't
feed a hundred people, then feed just one. - Mother
Teresa (1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman Catholic Missionary and
won the Nobel Peace Prize. )
Kind words
can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly
endless. - Mother Teresa (1910-1997, Albanian-born
Roman Catholic Missionary and
won the Nobel Peace Prize.)
Let us not be
satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough; money can
be got; but they need your hearts to love them. -- Mother
Teresa (1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman Catholic missionary and
won the Nobel Peace Prize.)
Service
is nothing but love in work clothes. - Mother
Teresa (1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman Catholic Missionary and
won the Nobel Peace Prize.)
Small things,
done in great love, bring joy and peace. - Mother
Teresa (1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman Catholic missionary and
won the Nobel Peace Prize. )
Spread love
everywhere you go: first of all in your own house.
Give love
to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door
neighbor.
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better
and happier.
Be the living expression of God's kindness;
kindness in your face,
kindness in your eyes, kindness in
your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.
-
Mother Teresa (1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman Catholic
Missionary and won the Nobel
Peace Prize.)
To keep a
lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it. - Mother
Teresa (1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman Catholic missionary and
won the Nobel Peace Prize.)
We live
surrounded by a sea of poverty. Nevertheless, this sea can
decrease in size. Our work is only a drop in a bucket, but this
drop is necessary. - Mother Teresa (1910-1997,
Albanian-born Roman Catholic Missionary and
won the Nobel Peace Prize.)
Lily Tomlin
I like a
teacher who gives you something to take home to think about
besides homework. - Lily Tomlin (Comedian-stand up,
actress-TV and movies)
If you read a
lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a
lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed. - Lily
Tomlin (Comedian-stand up, actress-TV and movies)
Ninety-eight
percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working,
honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all
the publicity. But then--we elected them. - Lily
Tomlin (Comedian-stand up, actress-TV and movies)
The trouble
with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. -
Lily Tomlin (Comedian-stand up, actress-TV and
movies)
Wendy
Wasserstein
Anyone who is
considered funny will tell you, sometimes without even your
asking, that deep inside they are very serious, neurotic,
introspective people. - --Wendy Wasserstein (b.1950
American author and playwrite winning the Tony Award, the
Pulitzer Prize )
Being a
grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your
children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents. - Wendy
Wasserstein
Don't live
down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.
- Wendy Wasserstein (b.1950 American author and
playwrite winning the Tony Award, the Pulitzer Prize )
Mae West
When choosing
between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried
before. At least I'll learn something new. -Mae
West (1893-1980 actress, comedian)
Betty
White
I
know unless I'm true to myself I couldn't be happy. Too much
emphasis is placed today on externals and too little on
character. - Betty White (b.1924 American
Actress Emmy Award winning TV – animal activist)
Keep
the other person's well being in mind when you feel an attack of
soul-purging truth coming on.
- Betty White
(b.1924 American Actress Emmy Award winning TV
– animal activist)
Laura Ingells
Wilder
I am
beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life
which are the real ones after all. - Laura Ingells
Wilder (1867-1957 writer of "The Little House on the
Prairie" books)
Marianne
Williamson
Just as a
sunbeam can't separate itself from the sun and a wave can't
separate itself from the ocean; we can't separate ourselves from
one another. We are all part of a vast sea of love one
indivisible divine mind. -Marianne Williamson
(b.1952 American Author, Lecturer on Spirituality)
Diana Spencer
Windsor
Anywhere I
see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.
-Diana Spencer Windsor, Princess of Wales
(1961-1997 died in car accident in Paris, AIDS activist, headed
the campaign to ban land mines)
Carry out a
random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in
the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. --
Diana Spencer Windsor, Princess of Wales (1961-1997
died in car accident in Paris, AIDS activist, headed the
campaign to ban land mines)
Everyone
needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something
back. -- Diana Spencer Windsor, Princess of Wales
(1961-1997 died in car accident in Paris, AIDS activist, headed
the campaign to ban land mines)
HIV does not
make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and
give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it. -- Diana
Spencer Windsor, Princess of Wales (1961-1997 died in car
accident in Paris, AIDS activist, headed the campaign to ban
land mines)
I've always
thought that people need to feel good about themselves, and I
see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light
along the way. - Diana Spencer Windsor, Princess of
Wales (1961-1997 died in car accident in Paris, AIDS activist,
headed the campaign to ban land mines)
Oprah Winfrey
I will tell
you that there have been no failures in my life. I don't want to
sound like some metaphysical queen, but there have been no
failures. There have been some tremendous lessons. - Oprah
Winfrey (b.1954, TV Talk Show host, Actress, Author)
The more you
praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to
celebrate. - Oprah Winfrey (b.1954 American TV
Personality, Actress, Author)
Surround
yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. -
Oprah Winfrey (b.1954 American TV personality,
producer, actress, author)
You are what
you are by what you believe! - Oprah Winfrey
(b.1954 American TV personality, producer, actress, author)
Women
have strengths that amaze men.
They
bear hardships and they carry burdens, but they hold happiness,
love and joy.
They smile when they want to scream.
They
sing when they want to cry.
They
cry when they are happy and laugh when they are nervous.
They
fight for what they believe in.
They
stand up to injustice.
They
don't take "no" for an answer when they believe there
is a better solution.
They
go without so their family can have.
They
go to the doctor with a frightened friend.
They
love unconditionally.
They
cry when their children excel and cheer when their friends get
awards.
They
are happy when they hear about a birth or a wedding.
Their
hearts break when a friend dies.
They
grieve at the loss of a family member, yet they are strong when
they think there is no strength left.
They
know that a hug and a kiss can heal a broken heart.
Women
come in all shapes, sizes and colors.
They'll
drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you to show how much they care
about you.
The
heart of a woman is what makes the world keep turning.
They
bring joy, hope and love.
They
have the compassion and ideas.
They
give moral support to their family and friends.
Women
have vital things to say and everything to give.
HOWEVER,
IF THERE IS ONE FLAW IN WOMEN, IT IS THAT THEY FORGET THEIR
WORTH.
She can turn
the world on with her smile.
She can take a nothing day and
suddenly make it all seem worth while.
Cause it's you girl
and you should know it.
Each glance and every little movement
will show it.
Love is all around no need to fake it.
You
can have the town why don't you take it.
You're gunna make it
after all.
--Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song
Lyrics
The 5 stages
of a woman's life.
1) Growing Up
2) Fill It
Out
3) Slim It Down
4) To Hold It In
5) and To heck
with it!
Tips:
Honor the
women in your life in your album and let them know how you feel
with a flip book or album just for them. Use pictures of the
women that mean so much to you and write how they have changed
or encouraged your life. Use some of the quotes from famous
women to enhance your story. There are a lot of famous women I
look at for inspiration. My mother, aunt, grandmother and
sisters have many of the same qualities. Tell them what you
think of them and, more over, how they have helped you.
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