“Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!”
Strength“Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.”
Age“Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!”
Strength“I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.”
Experience“A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”
Women“I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.”
Birthday“Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.”
War“The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.”
Women“I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.”
Good“Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.”
Education“Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.”
Age“My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.”
Best“Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.”
Life“Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.”
Work“We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.”
Fear“The giving of love is an education in itself.”
Education“Happiness is not a goal it is a by-product.”
Happiness“I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!”
Life“Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president.”
Car“Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.”
Power“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”
Experience“You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority.”
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