"Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves."

"Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost."

"No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent."

"It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity."

"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity."

"There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success."

"I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside."

"A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain."