To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be read more

To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it -- this is a hard lesson.

Self-confidence is the result of a successfully survived risk.

Self-confidence is the result of a successfully survived risk.

I'm not trying to prove anybody wrong, I'm just trying to prove something to myself.

I'm not trying to prove anybody wrong, I'm just trying to prove something to myself.

Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.

Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.

You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and read more

You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.

How could I have been anyone other than me?

How could I have been anyone other than me?

One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: cheer read more

One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: cheer up, things could get worse. So I cheered up and, sure enough, things got worse.

I have just about all I can take of myself.

I have just about all I can take of myself.

A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The read more

A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The worth of a person, or a thing, or an idea, is in being, not in doing, not in having.