...no matter how avid they themselves may be for praise and appreciation, people are often niggardly in giving it to others, however merited it is.

In the long run there is no more liberating, no more exhilarating experience than to determine one’s position, state it bravely, and then act boldly. Action brings with it its own courage, its own energy, a growth of self-confidence that can be acquired in no other way

Each time you learn something new you must readjust the whole framework of your knowledge

Every woman wants to be first to someone sometime in her life and that desire is the explanation for many strange things women do.

Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.

No man is defeated without until he has first been defeated within.