“You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.”

“You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.”

“And...I think that's what life is all about, actually,about children and flowers.”

“It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it'.”

“Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can't take it in all at once.”

“You can even say that I hated myself at certain periods. I was too fat, or maybe too tall, or maybe just plain too ugly ... you can say my definiteness stems from underlying feelings of insecurity and inferiority. I couldn't conquer these feelings by acting indecisive. I found the only way to get the better of them was by adopting a forceful, concentrated drive.”

“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”