"Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work."

-- Booker T. Washington

#Inspirational Quotes #Success Quotes #Uplifting Quotes

“I never for a moment considered killing myself, because it wouldn't have achieved anything.”
“Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.”
“I am the kind of a woman that likes to move on mentally from point to point, and I like for my man to be there way ahead of me. Then if he is strong and honest, it goes on from there. Good looks are not essential, just extra added attraction.”
“What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.”

Source : Stephen Mitchell (1999). “The Frog Prince: A Fairy Tale for Consenting Adults”, Harmony
“I farm a little plot of things to say, with not much frontage on the busy road.”
“He has marked the American people as His chosen nation to finally lead in the regeneration of the world. This is the divine mission of America ... The Philippines are ours forever. We will not repudiate our duty in the archipelago. We will not abandon our opportunity in the Orient. We will not renounce our part in the mission of our race, trustee, under God, of the civilization of the world.”

Source : Maiden speech in the Senate. "Congressional Record", Senate, 56th Congress, 1st session, pp. 704-712, en.wikisource.org. January 09, 1900.
“No one who traces the history of motherhood, of the home, of child-rearing practices will ever assume the eternal permanence of our own way of institutionalizing them.”

Source : Jessie Bernard (1975). “The future of motherhood”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
“No golfer can ever become too good to practice.”

Source : May Hezlet (1907). “Ladies' Golf”

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