"In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility."

"When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?"

"Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!"

"Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product."

"In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond."

"There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands."

"Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it."

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility."

"When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"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."

"Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do."