Fannie Hurst

"Leaders must first lead themselves to integrity."

"Work should nourish the spirit, not merely the pocket."

"Dreams are the blueprints of our becoming."

"Humor allows us to endure what we cannot escape."

"Beauty exists in the overlooked and the ordinary."

"Death is life's final teacher if we listen."

"Perseverance is faith in action over extended time."

"Gratitude is the soil from which joy grows."

"Creativity flows when we surrender to authenticity."

"Justice delayed becomes injustice perpetuated."

"Patience is the art of wanting without demanding."

"Kindness echoes longer than we will ever know."

"Strength shows itself in vulnerability as much as action."

"Fear is the guardian of growth when we face it."

"Power corrupts when divorced from compassion."

"Money amplifies character rather than creating it."

"Health is the silence of the body when all is well."

"Adventure requires us to become someone new."

"Imagination is the only true freedom we possess."

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places."

"We are all a little weird. Life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in love."

"Hunger is the handmaiden of genius."

"A woman who has suffered has learned to live for the moment."

"Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm; it moves stones, it charms brutes."

"The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it."

"Every woman should marry, but no woman should have to."

"We write to taste life twice."

"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."

"Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how."

"Be brave. Take chances. Nothing in the world is worth doing unless it takes all your courage."