I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
~ Emma Goldman

The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.
~ Maxine Hong Kingston

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
~ Anais Nin

Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
~ Linus Pauling

It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
~ Somerset Maugham

We cannot escape fear.  We can only transform it into a companion that accompanies us on all our exciting adventures. . .  Take a risk a day– one small or bold stroke that will make you feel great once you have done it.
~ Susan Jeffers

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
~Colette

A woman is like a teabag.
You never know how strong she is
until she gets in hot water.
~Eleanor Roosevelt

Art is the only way to run away
without leaving home.
~Twyla Tharp

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
~Seneca

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.
~ Hazrat Inayat Khan

Desire, ask, believe, receive.
~Stella Terrill Mann

The events in our lives happen in a sequence of time, but in their significance to ourselves, they find their own order. . . the continuous thread of revelation.
~Eudora Welty

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
~Robert Louis Stevenson

Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music–the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
~Henry Miller